Evidence of species recruitment and development of hot desert hypolithic communities

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 219-224

  Makhalanyane, Thulani P ^a,d   Valverde, Angel ^a,d   Lacap, Donnabella C ^b   Pointing, Stephen B ^b,c   Tuffin, Marla I ^a   Cowan, Don A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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EID: 84874734867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12003     Document Type: Article

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