Soil fertility, salinity and nematode diversity influenced by tamarix ramosissima in different habitats in an arid desert oasis

Environmental Management

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 226-236

  Su, Yong Zhong ^a   Wang, Xue Fen ^a   Yang, Rong ^a   Yang, Xiao ^a   Liu, Wen Jie ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Desert oasis; Nematode community; Salinity; Soil fertility; Tamarisk

Indexed keywords

DESERT-OASIS; NEMATODE COMMUNITIES; SALINITY; SOIL FERTILITY; TAMARISK;

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; RESTORATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

SOILS;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABUNDANCE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; DESERT; DUNE; ENRICHMENT; MEADOW; NEMATODE; NITROGEN; OASIS; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; REVEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SALINITY; SALT; SHRUB; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARID DESERT; ARTICLE; BACTERIVORE; CANOPY; CHINA; DESERT; DESERTIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FUNGIVORE; HABITAT; MEASUREMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; ORGANISMS BY FEEDING RELATIONSHIP; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; REHABILITATION; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SALINE MEADOW; SALINITY; SAND DUNE; SHRUB; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; NEMATODA; SALINITY; SOIL; TAMARICACEAE;

CHINA;

TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 84864280842     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9872-z     Document Type: Article

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