Biological soil crust distribution in Artemisia ordosica communities along a grazing pressure gradient in Mu Us Sandy Land, Northern China

Journal of Arid Land

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-179

  Zhang, JunHong ^a   Wu, Bo ^a   Li, YongHua ^a   Yang, WenBin ^a   Lei, YaKai ^b   Han, HaiYan ^a   He, Ji ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Artemisia ordosica community; biological soil crust; grazing pressure; Mu Us Sandy Land; soil properties

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ORDOSICA; BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84884932836     PISSN: 16746767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40333-013-0148-0     Document Type: Article

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