Micro-geomorphology determines community structure of biological soil crusts at small scales

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 932-940

  Li, Xin Rong ^a,b   He, Min Zhu ^a   Zerbe, Stefan ^b   Li, Xiao Jun ^a   Liu, Li Chao ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological soil crusts; Cryptogam; Micro geomorphology; Spatial distribution; Tengger desert

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DUST DEPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; GREEN ALGA; HORIZONTAL LAYERS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; SIMPLE TYPES; SMALL SCALE; SOIL NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL PH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSIONAL STAGES; SURFACE SOIL; VASCULAR PLANT;

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN FIXATION; POTASSIUM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GERMINATION; LICHEN; MICROORGANISM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PH; POTASSIUM; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CRUST; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPSOIL; VASCULAR PLANT;

CHINA; NINGXIA HUIZU; TENGGER DESERT;

ALGAE; ARTHROPODA; BRYOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77954369197     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1963     Document Type: Article

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