Mechanical disturbance of microbiotic crusts affects ecohydrological processes in a region of revegetation-fixed sand dunes

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-77

  Li, S Z ^a,b   Xiao, H L ^b   Cheng, G D ^b   Luo, F ^b   Liu, L C ^b  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Annual herbs; Evaporation; Infiltration process; Soil water content; Tengger desert

Indexed keywords

ECOHYDROLOGY; EVAPORATION; INFILTRATION; SOIL CRUST; SOIL WATER;

BRYOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI;

EID: 28844459060     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980500369467     Document Type: Article

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