Impact of biological soil crusts and desert plants on soil microfaunal community composition

Plant and Soil

Volumn 328, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 421-431

  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

Colorado Plateau; Desert; Islands of fertility; Soil fauna; Soil food webs

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GRASS; KARST HYDROLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEMATODE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PROTOZOAN; RHIZOSPHERE; SHRUB; SOIL CRUST; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAMPLING;

COLORADO PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

ACROMOLDAVICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NEMATODA; PANAGROLAIMUS; POACEAE; PROTOZOA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77049124506     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0122-y     Document Type: Article

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