Analysis of the predicting variables for daily and weekly fluctuations of two airborne fungal spores: Alternaria and Cladosporium

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 983-991

  Recio, Marta ^a   del Mar Trigo, María ^a   Docampo, Silvia ^a   Melgar, Marta ^a   García Sánchez, José ^a   Bootello, Lourdes ^a   Cabezudo, Baltasar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Alternaria; Cladosporium; Fungal spores; Predicting variable

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI;

EID: 84867535791     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-011-0509-3     Document Type: Article

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