An ecological perspective on bacterial biodiversity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1535, 2004, Pages 113-122

  Horner Devine, M Claire ^a   Carney, Karen M ^a   Bohannan, Brendan J M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Disturbance; Habitat heterogeneity; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY;

DISPERSION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SYNECOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1642430630     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2549     Document Type: Review

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