Effects of biological soil crusts on soil nematode communities following dune stabilization in the Tengger Desert, Northern China

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-124

  Liu, Yanmei ^a   Li, Xinrong ^a   Jia, Rongliang ^a   Huang, Lei ^a   Zhou, Yuyan ^a   Gao, Yanhong ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Biological soil crusts; Crust ages; Crust types; Dune fixation; Soil nematode; Tengger Desert

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 80052139390     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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