Microbial ecology of hot and cold desert soils

Deserts are the most abundant terrestrial biome on Earth, and microbial processes assume a major role since environmental stress severely limits higher plant and animal life. A major hurdle to developing an understanding of microbial ecology in deserts has been the lack of knowledge at the fundamen...

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Main Author: Rao, Subramanya.
Language:English
Published: The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10722/180946