Potential nitrogen fixation activity of different aged biological soil crusts from rehabilitated grasslands of the hilly Loess Plateau, China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1186-1191

  Zhao, Y ^a,b   Xu, M ^a,b   Belnap, J ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Drylands; Moss; Nitrogenase activity; Restoration

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASSLAND; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CRUST; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL SURFACE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77955172922     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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