Southern african biological soil crusts are ubiquitous and highly diverse in drylands, being restricted by rainfall frequency

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-247

  Büdel, Burkhard ^a   Darienko, Tatyana ^b   Deutschewitz, Kirstin ^a   Dojani, Stephanie ^a   Friedl, Thomas ^c   Mohr, Kathrin I ^c   Salisch, Mario ^d   Reisser, Werner ^d   Weber, Bettina ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b M G KHOLODNY INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN; RAIN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LICHENS; MICROBIOLOGY; NAMIBIA; SEASON;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE; CYANOBACTERIA; LICHENS; NAMIBIA; NITROGEN; RAIN; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CYANOBACTERIA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA;

EID: 59549097087     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-008-9449-9     Document Type: Article

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