The role of abiotic environmental conditions and herbivory in shaping bacterial community composition in floral nectar

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Samuni Blank, Michal ^a   Izhaki, Ido ^a   Laviad, Sivan ^a   Bar Massada, Avi ^a   Gerchman, Yoram ^a   Halpern, Malka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; ASPHODELUS AESTIVUS; BACILLI; CAPSODES INFUSCATUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLUCONOBACTER; HEMIPTERA; HERBIVORY; HUMIDITY; LILIACEAE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA; POPULATION DISPERSAL; PRECIPITATION; PSEUDOMONAS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; FLOWER; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY;

NECTAR;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; FLOWERS; HEMIPTERA; HERBIVORY; LILIACEAE; MICROBIOTA; PLANT NECTAR;

EID: 84903398867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099107     Document Type: Article

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