Microbial diversity anti activity of disturbed soil in the northern chihuahuan desert

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-249

  Liu, X ^a   Lindemann, William C ^a   Whitford, Walter G ^a   Steiner, Robert L ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Diversity; Grazing; Microoganisms; Stress

Indexed keywords

CARBON UTILIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESERT; DROUGHT; GRAZING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

DROUGHT; FIRE; GRAZING PRESSURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEXICO;

EID: 0034476855     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740000242     Document Type: Article

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