Biological soil crusts greatly contribute to small-scale soil heterogeneity along a grazing gradient

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-36

  Concostrina Zubiri, L ^a,c   Huber Sannwald, E ^b   Martinez I ^c   Flores Flores, J L ^a   Escudero, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b UASLP   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological soil crusts; Cyanobacteria; Disturbance gradient; Grazing; Lichen; Moss; Semiarid grassland; Soil heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; CYANOBACTERIA; DISTURBANCE GRADIENTS; GRAZING; LICHEN; MOSS; SEMI-ARID GRASSLANDS; SOIL HETEROGENEITY;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ECOSYSTEMS; FUNGI; SODIUM; VEGETATION; ZINC;

SOILS;

BARE SOIL; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HETEROGENEITY; LICHEN; MORPHOLOGY; MOSS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL CRUST; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL SURFACE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84877348614     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.03.029     Document Type: Article

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