Association of ant nests with successional stages of biological soil crusts in the Tengger Desert, Northern China

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-66

  Li, X R ^a   Jia, R L ^a   Chen, Y W ^b   Huang, L ^a   Zhang, P ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Henan Science and Technology University   (China)

Author keywords

Ant nest distribution; Biological soil crusts; Desert ecology; Invertebrates; Soil habitat

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650009219     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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