Vertical distribution of microbial communities under the canopy of two legume bushes in the Tehuacán Desert, Mexico

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-380

  Rodríguez Zaragoza, Salvador ^b   González Ruíz, Teresa ^b   González Lozano, Ernestina ^b   Lozada Rojas, Abraham ^b   Mayzlish Gati, Einav ^a   Steinberger, Yosef ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Desert soil system; Fertility islands; Heterotrophic diazotrophs; Parkinsonia praecox; Prosopis laevigata; Soil microbial communities

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PARKINSONIA PRAECOX; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS LAEVIGATA;

EID: 49649092349     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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