Soil nematode communities are ecologically more mature beneath late- than early-successional stage biological soil crusts

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 203-212

  Darby, Brian J ^a   Neher, Deborah A ^a   Belnap, Jayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chihuahuan Desert; Colorado Plateau; Cyanobacteria; Maturity index; Nematodes; Soil food webs; Succession

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 33750718509     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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