Effects of desertification on temporal and spatial distribution of soil macro-arthropods in Horqin sandy grassland, Inner Mongolia

Geoderma

Volumn 223-225, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-67

  Zhao, Ha Lin ^a   Li, Jin ^a   Liu, Ren Tao ^b   Zhou, Rui Lian ^c   Qu, Hao ^a   Pan, Cheng Chen ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NINGXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LUDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Density; Grassland desertification; Richness; Soil macro arthropod; Temporal and spatial changes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CLIMATOLOGY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

GRASSLAND DESERTIFICATION; RICHNESS; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SOIL ENVIRONMENT; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHANGES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION COVER;

SOILS;

ARTHROPOD; DESERTIFICATION; GRASSLAND SOIL; LITTER; SEASONALITY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; HORQIN DESERT; NEI MONGGOL;

ARTHROPODA; PHYTOZOA;

EID: 84897112306     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.01.026     Document Type: Article

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