Moderate disturbance increases the PLFA diversity and biomass of the microbial community in biocrusts in the Loess Plateau region of China
Tianli Bao, Liqian Gao, Shanshan Wang, Xueqin Yang, Wei Ren, Yunge Zhao
Topics & Concepts
Disturbance (geology)EcosystemEnvironmental scienceBiomass (ecology)TramplingEcologyLoess plateauBiological soil crustMicrobial population biologyIntermediate Disturbance HypothesisCommunity structureBiologySoil scienceBacteriaGeneticsPaleontologyGrazingBiocrusts and Microbial EcologyAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton DynamicsLichen and fungal ecology