Vertical distribution of soil nematodes in an age sequence of Caragana microphylla plantations in the Horqin Sandy Land, Northeast China

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-56

  Jiang, Deming ^a   Li, Qi ^a,b   Liu, Fangming ^a,b   Jiang, Yong ^a   Liang, Wenju ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Caragana microphylla; Plantation chronosequence; Sandy land; Soil nematodes; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; LEGUME; NEMATODE; PLANTATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HORQIN DESERT;

ACROBELES; CARAGANA; CARAGANA MICROPHYLLA; NEMATODA;

EID: 33846298066     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0187-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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