Ameba community dynamics and diversity in a desert ecosystem

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 357-366

  Mayzlish Gati, E ^a   Steinberger, Y ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Desert; Protozoa; Soil; Soil free living ameba

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DESERT SOIL; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PROTOZOAN; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA; PROTOZOA; REAUMURIA NEGEVENSIS;

EID: 33845892777     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-006-0117-2     Document Type: Article

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