Field and microcosm studies of decomposition and soil biota in a cold desert soil

Ecosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-170

  Treonis, Amy M ^a,c   Wall, Diana H ^a   Virginia, Ross A ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Antarctica; Chihuahuan Desert; Cotton strips; Decomposition; Extreme environments; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Nematodes; Nitrification; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; DESERT SOIL; INVERTEBRATE; MICROCOSM; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0036523416     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-001-0062-8     Document Type: Article

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