Soil–litter mixing and microbial activity mediate decomposition and soil aggregate formation in a sandy shrub-invaded Chihuahuan Desert grassland

Agriculture & Biology

• Chihuahuan Desert 100%
• soil aggregates 89%
• microbial activity 73%
• grasslands 60%
• shrubs 60%
• arid lands 43%
• degradation 42%
• extracellular enzymes 34%
• films (materials) 32%
• soil 20%
• enzyme activity 19%
• deterioration 16%
• Prosopis glandulosa 15%
• ecosystems 15%
• soil formation 14%
• microbial enzymes 13%
• net primary productivity 13%
• soil organic carbon 11%
• bags 9%
• surface area 9%
• vegetation 7%
• grasses 7%
• leaves 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• soil aggregate 84%
• microbial activity 67%
• litter 65%
• shrub 63%
• desert 58%
• grassland 57%
• decomposition 50%
• enzyme activity 31%
• soil surface 17%
• soil 17%
• arid land 12%
• synchrony 12%
• net primary production 12%
• ecosystem 11%
• loss 10%
• grass 8%
• surface area 7%
• organic carbon 7%
• vegetation 6%
• material 4%
• rate 3%