Responses of biological soil crusts to sand burial in a revegetated area of the Tengger Desert, Northern China

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2827-2834

  Jia, Rong Liang ^a   Li, Xin Rong ^a   Liu, Li Chao ^a   Gao, Yan Hong ^a   Li, Xiao Jun ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; CO2 gas exchange; Precipitation; Sand burial; Shoot elongation; Speed of emergence; Succession sequence; Tolerance index

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; SOILS;

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUST; CO2 GAS EXCHANGE; PRECIPITATION; SAND BURIAL; SHOOT ELONGATION; SPEED OF EMERGENCE; SUCCESSION SEQUENCE; TOLERANCE INDEX;

SAND;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT SOIL; DESERTIFICATION; EMERGENCE; GAS EXCHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SHOOT; SOIL CRUST; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUCCESSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NINGXIA HUIZU; TENGGER DESERT;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYUM ARGENTEUM; COLLEMA TENAX; DIDYMODON VINEALIS; SYNTRICHIA CANINERVIS;

EID: 53449101771     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.07.029     Document Type: Article

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