Rhombomys opimus contribution to the "fertile island" effect of tamarisk mounds in Junggar Basin

Ecological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 775-781

  Xu, Wenxuan ^a,b   Liu, Wei ^c   Yang, Weikang ^a   Tang, Chaowen ^a,b   Blank, David ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biopedturbation; Ecosystem engineering; Great gerbil; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RODENT; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL TYPE;

CHINA; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; RHOMBOMYS OPIMUS; RODENTIA; TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX;

EID: 84864387069     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-012-0952-6     Document Type: Article

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