Nematode communities indicate diverse soil functioning across a fog gradient in the Namib Desert gravel plains
Abstract Soil nematodes are fundamentally aquatic animals, requiring water to move, feed, and reproduce. Nonetheless, they are ubiquitous in desert soils because they can enter an anhydrobiotic state that allows them to persist when water is biologically unavailable. In the hyper‐arid Namib Desert o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2022-06-01
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Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9013 |