Aerobiology and the global transport of desert dust

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 638-644

  Kellogg, Christina A ^a   Griffin, Dale W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIOLOGY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DESERT SOIL; DISPERSAL; DUST; MICROORGANISM; PATHOGEN; POLLEN;

BIODIVERSITY; DESERT CLIMATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; DUST; GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLLEN; REVIEW; WIND;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT CLIMATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DUST; GEOGRAPHY; POLLEN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WIND;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 33749526666     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2006.07.004     Document Type: Review

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