Big questions, small worlds: Microbial model systems in ecology

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 189-197

  Jessup, Christine M ^a   Kassen, Rees ^b   Forde, Samantha E ^a   Kerr, Ben ^c   Buckling, Angus ^d   Rainey, Paul B ^e,f   Bohannan, Brendan J M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY;

EID: 1642334899     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2004.01.008     Document Type: Review

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