Soil microfungal communities of 'Evolution Canyons' in Israel - Extreme differences on a regional scale

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-163

  Grishkan, Isabella ^a   Nevo, Eviatar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adaptive pattern; Biodiversity characteristics; Community structure; Spatiotemporal variations; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NATURAL SELECTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

MYCOTA; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 37249078026     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00918.x     Document Type: Review

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