Effects of shrub litter addition on dune soil microbial community in horqin sandy land, Northern China

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 203-216

  Wang, Shaokun ^a,b   Zhao, Xueyong ^a   Qu, Hao ^a,b   Zuo, Xiaoan ^a   Lian, Jie ^a,b   Tang, Xia ^a,b   Powers, Raeann ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Keywords horqin sandy land; Microbial abundance; Sandy dunes; Shrub litter

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; DUNE; FUNGUS; LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SHRUB; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL SURFACE;

CHINA; HORQIN DESERT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HALODENDRON; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARAGANA; CARAGANA MICROPHYLLA; FUNGI; SALIX; SALIX GORDEJEVII;

EID: 79956085064     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324982.2011.565854     Document Type: Article

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