Seasonal effect of three desert halophytes on soil microbial functional diversity

Frontiers of Biology in China

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-240

  Yocheved, Pinhasi Adiv ^a   Yosef, Steinberger ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Desert ecosystem; Desert shrubs; Ecophysiology; Functional diversity; Soil biota

Indexed keywords

HAMMADA SCOPARIA; REAUMURIA NEGEVENSIS; SCOPARIA; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE; ZYGOPHYLLUM DUMOSUM;

EID: 63349109825     PISSN: 16733509     EISSN: 16733622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-009-0011-z     Document Type: Article

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