Fertile islands lead to more conspicuous spatial heterogeneity of bacteria than soil physicochemical properties in a desert ecosystem
Shuyue Li, Weimin Chen, Zubing Li, Lianyan Bu, Zexing Jin, Gehong Wei, Zhe-Fei Li
Topics & Concepts
EcosystemSpatial heterogeneityDesert (philosophy)Lead (geology)Environmental scienceEcosystem engineerSoil bacteriaEcologyEarth scienceSoil scienceBacteriaGeologyBiologyPaleontologyEpistemologyPhilosophyMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologySoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsBiocrusts and Microbial Ecology