Functional diversity of the microbial community in Mediterranean maquis soils as affected by fires

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-363

  D'Ascoli, Rosaria ^a   Rutigliano, Flora A ^a   De Pascale, Raffaele A ^a   Gentile, Anna ^b   De Santo, Amalia Virzo ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catabolic evenness; Fungal mycelia; Microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 28444433393     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF05032     Document Type: Article

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