Temporal and spatial dynamics of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under the canopy of Zygophyllum dumosum Boiss. in the Negev Desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 379-387

  He, Xueli ^a,b   Mouratov, Stanislav ^a   Steinberger, Yosef ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid environment; Mycorrhizae; Rhizosphere; Soil conditions; Temporal and spatial dynamics

Indexed keywords

DESERT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VESICULAR-ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA;

ISRAEL; NEGEV DESERT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE; ZYGOPHYLLUM; ZYGOPHYLLUM DUMOSUM;

EID: 0036857675     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2002.1000     Document Type: Article

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