Soil Biodiversity Digital Exhibition

PART III – Soil biodiversity in the desert and UAE

Desert soil and biocrusts

Soil biodiversity in the UAE

Photograph courtesy of John A. Kelly, USDA-NRCS

Soil biodiversity of the Arabian deserts

Soils of the UAE

The biotic composition of desert soils

Estimated global distribution of soil biodiversity. Orgiazzi A, Bardgett RD, Barrios E, et al. Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas. 2016. Luxembourg: European Commission, Publications Office of the European Union. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128096659098220

World distribution of soil biodiversity