Effects of climate on the productivity of desert truffles beneath hyper-arid conditions

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 907-915

  Bradai, Lyès ^a   Bissati, Samia ^a   Chenchouni, Haroun ^b   Amrani, Khaled ^c  

^a KASDI MERBAH UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEBESSA   (Algeria)

^c CIHEAM Institute Agronomique Mediterraneen de Montpellier (IAMM)   (France)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Desert truffle; Drylands; Precipitation timing; Productivity; Sahara Desert

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; TERFEZIA ARENARIA; TERFEZIA CLAVERYI; TIRMANIA NIVEA; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

RAIN;

ALGERIA; ASCOMYCETES; DESERT CLIMATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; TEMPERATURE;

ALGERIA; ASCOMYCOTA; DESERT CLIMATE; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84920739142     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-014-0891-8     Document Type: Article

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