Soil crust microfungi along a southward rainfall gradient in desert ecosystems

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-42

  Grishkan, Isabella ^a   Zaady, Eli ^b   Nevo, Eviatar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biological soil crusts; Microfungi; Mycobiota structure; Rainfall gradient

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 33644886577     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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