Responses of soil microbial biomass and community composition to biological soil crusts in the revegetated areas of the Tengger Desert

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-59

  Liu, Yanmei ^a,b   Li, Xinrong ^a   Xing, Zisheng ^c   Zhao, Xin ^a   Pan, Yanxia ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b TIANSHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological soil crusts; Community composition; Crust age; Crust type; Microbial biomass; Tengger Desert

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84873644186     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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