Biodiversity and biogeography of the atmosphere

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1558, 2010, Pages 3645-3653

  Womack, Ann M ^a   Bohannan, Brendan J M ^a   Green, Jessica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Air; Atmosphere; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Micro organism

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY;

EID: 78650403443     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0283     Document Type: Review

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