Effects of livestock grazing intensity on soil biota in a semiarid steppe of Inner Mongolia

Plant and Soil

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-126

  Qi, Sha ^a   Zheng, Haixia ^a   Lin, Qimei ^a   Li, Guitong ^a   Xi, Zhenhua ^a   Zhao, Xiaorong ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Functional diversity; Grazing intensity; Microbial activity; Nematodes; Protozoa; Soil microbial biomass; Typical steppe

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRAZING; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEMATODE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTOZOAN; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEPPE; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

AMOEBA (GENUS); NEMATODA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 79951813134     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0463-6     Document Type: Article

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