Dinitrogen fixation by biological soil crusts in an Inner Mongolian steppe

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 679-690

  Holst, Jirko ^a   Butterbach Bahl, Klaus ^a   Liu, Chunyan ^b   Zheng, Xunhua ^b   Kaiser, Andreas J ^a   Schnitzler, Jörg Peter ^a   Zechmeister Boltenstern, Sophie ^c   Brüggemann, Nicolas ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c Institute of Forest Ecology and Soil   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Grazing; Lichen; MAGIM; Nostoc; Semi arid grassland; Xanthoparmelia camtschadalis

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LICHEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL CRUST; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STEPPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; XANTHOPARMELIA;

EID: 70349985984     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-009-0378-7     Document Type: Article

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