Toward understanding, managing, and protecting microbial ecosystems

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue APR, 2011, Pages

  Bodelier, Paul L E ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity ecosystem functioning; Microbial diversity; Redundancy; Resilience; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053273721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00080     Document Type: Article

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