Water stability of biological soil crusts in hilly regions of Loess Plateau, Northwest China

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 173-177

  Yang, Kai ^a   Zhao, Yun Ge ^a   Ma, Xin Xin ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; Cyanobacteria dominated crust; Moss dominated crust; Soil structure; Water stability

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; HILL; MOSS; PLATEAU; SOIL CRUST; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL STRUCTURE; WATER RETENTION; WIND EROSION;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL;

ALTITUDE; CHINA; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84860140670     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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