Nitrogen fixation in macro- and microphytic patches in the Negev desert

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-454

  Zaady, Eli ^a   Groffman, Peter ^b   Shachak, Moshe ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; LICHEN; MOSS; NEGEV DESERT; NITROGEN FIXATION;

BACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DESERT; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL CRUST;

ISRAEL, NEGEV DESERT;

EID: 0031923518     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00195-8     Document Type: Article

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