Effects of repeated drought on soil microarthropod communities in the northern Chihuahuan Desert

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-120

  Whitford, W G ^a,c   Sobhy, H M ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert; Drought; Larrea tridentata; Prosopis glandulosa; Soil microarthropods

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESERT; DROUGHT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOIL;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DROUGHT; MITE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WATER STRESS;

LARREA TRIDENTATA; PROSOPIS GRANDULOSA;

EID: 0032952015     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050471     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Barthh RC, Klemmedson JO (1978) Shrub-induced spatial patterns of dry matter, nitrogen, and organic carbon. Soil Sci Soc Am J 42:804-809
2. Barth RC, Klemmedson JO (1982) Amount and distribution of dry matter, nitrogen, and organic carbon in soil-plant systems of mesquite and palo verde. J Range Manage 35:412-418
3. Buffington LC, Herbei CH (1965) Vegetational changes on a semidesert grassland range from 1858 to 1963. Ecol Monogr 35:139-164
4. Cepeda JG, Whitford WG (1989) The relationship between abiotic factors and the abundance patterns of soil microarthropods on a desert watershed. Pedobiologia 33:79-86
5. Charley JL, West NE (1975) Plant-induced soil chemical patterns in some shrub-dominated semi-desert ecosystems of Utah. J Ecol 63:945-964
6. Charley JL, West NE (1977) Micro-patterns of nitrogen mineralization activity in soils of some shrub dominated semi-desert ecosystems of Utah. Soil Biol Biochem 9:357-365
7. De Soyza AG, Whitford WG, Martinez-Meza E, Van Zee JW (1997) Variation in creosotebush (Larrea tridentata) canopy morphology in relation to habitat, soil fertility and associated annual plant communities. Am Midl Nat 137:13-26
8. Elkins NZ, Sahol GV, Ward TJ, Whitford WG (1986) The influence of subterranean termites on the hydrological characteristics of a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem. Oecologia 68:521-528
9. Krantz GW (1978) A manual of acarology, 2nd edn. Oregon State University Book Stores Inc, Corvallis, Ore
10. MacKay WP, Silva S, Lightfoot DC, Pagani MI, Whitford WG (1986) Effect of increased soil moisture and reduced soil temperature on a desert soil arthropod community. Am Midl Nat 116:45-56
11. Martinez-Meza E, Whitford WG (1996) Stemflow, throughfall, and channelization of stemflow by roots in three Chihuahuan Desert shrubs. J Arid Environ 32:271-287
12. Santos PF, DePree E, Whitford WG (1978) Spatial distribution of litter and microarthropods in a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem. J Arid Environ 1:41-48
13. Steinherger Y, Freckman DW, Parker LW, Whitford WG (1984) Effects of simulated rainfall and litter quantities on desert soil biota: Nematodes and microarthropods. Pedobiologia 26:267-274
14. Whitford WG (1989) Abiotic controls of the functional structure of soil food webs. Biol Fertil Soils 8:1-6
15. Whitford WG, Freckman DW, Elkins NZ, Parker LW, Parmalee R. Phillips J, Tucker S (1981) Diurnal migration and responses to simulated rainfall in desert soil microarthropods and nematodes. Soil Biol Biochem 13:417-425
16. Whitford WG, Stinnett K, Steinberger Y (1988) Effects of rainfall supplementation on microarthropods on decomposing roots in the Chihuahuan Desert. Pedobiologia 31:147-155
17. Whitford WG, Anderson J, Rice PM (1997) Stemflow contribution to the 'fertile island' effect in creosotebush. Larrea tridentata. J Arid Environ 35:451-457