Microhabitat-specific controls on soil respiration and denitrification in the Mojave Desert: The role of harvester ant nests and vegetation

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 426-433

  Jones, Jeremy B ^a   Wagner, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant nests; Mojave Desert; Nitrogen; Soil denitrification; Soil respiration; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; PLEURAPHIS RIGIDA; POGONOMYRMEX RUGOSUS;

EID: 33846025095     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2006)66[426:MCOSRA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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