Species identity of biocrust-forming lichens drives the response of soil nitrogen cycle to altered precipitation frequency and nitrogen amendment

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This work was financially supported by UWS-CAS bilateral agreement and the Australian Research Council project DP13010484. We gratefully acknowledge Raul Ochoa-Hueso for his assistance during field sampling. We thank Jasmine Grinyer, Catriona A. Macdonald, Loic Nazaries and Yui Osanai for their help in chemical analysis and measurement of N<INF>2</INF>O flux. We also thank Fernando T. Maestre (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) for his helpful comments on a previous version of this manuscript.