Chihuahuan Desert Soil Biota

作     者：Walter G. Whitford Yosef Steinberger Walter G. Whitford;Yosef Steinberger

作者机构：USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range Box 3JER New Mexico State University Las Cruces NM USA The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar-Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel 

出 版 物：《Open Journal of Ecology》 (生态学期刊（英文）)

年 卷 期：2021年第11卷第9期

页      面：581-595页

学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

主　　题：Desert Soil Biota Plant Cover Ecophysiological Adaptation Plant Soil Biota Interaction 

摘      要：Deserts have traditionally been considered as a low moisture system where biological activity is triggered by unpredictable rainfall in time and space. Studies on desert ecosystems functions, processes, dynamics and diversity of soil biota had been found to contribute to understanding of their role in primary production and management of soil ecosystems. As belowground biota is very diverse they are playing an important role in above as well below ground essential ecosystem processes e.g. primary production, decomposition, nutrient mineralization etc. The challenge is to use the emerging knowledge of soil biota diversity in understanding basic ecosystems function.