Soil microbial community response to drought and precipitation variability in the chihuahuan desert

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-260

  Clark, Jeb S ^a,b   Campbell, James H ^a,c   Grizzle, Heath ^a   Acosta Martìnez, Veronica ^d   Zak, John C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Clean Air Laboratories   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA; RAIN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DESERT CLIMATE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; BACTERIA; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEXAS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DASYLIRION;

EID: 59549087710     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-008-9475-7     Document Type: Article

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