Contribution of soil fauna to litter decomposition in Songnen sandy lands in northeastern China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-95

  Xin, W D ^a   Yin, X Q ^a   Song, B ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dominant litter; Functional role; Semi arid environment; Soil macrofauna; Soil mesofauna

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DECOMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GRASS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LITTER; MITE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SANDY SOIL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL FAUNA; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CHINA; SONGNEN PLAIN;

ACHNATHERUM; AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; LESPEDEZA; LESPEDEZA DAURICA; ORIBATIDA; PROSTIGMATA; PSOCIDAE; STIPA BAICALENSIS;

EID: 81055155873     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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