Adaptive spatiotemporal distribution of soil microfungi in 'Evolution Canyon' III, Nahal Shaharut, extreme southern Negev Desert, Israel

• Published in: Biological journal of the Linnean Society Vol. 90; no. 2; pp. 263 - 277
• Main Authors: GRISHKAN, ISABELLA, BEHARAV, ALEX, KIRZHNER, VALERY, NEVO, EVIATAR
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2007; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell
• Subjects: adaptive complexes; biodiversity characteristics; Biological and medical sciences; Biological evolution; community structure; edaphic conditions; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution; spatiotemporal dynamics; Asia; Israel; Community structure; Soils; edaphic conditions; Biological evolution; biodiversity characteristics; adaptive complexes; Desert; Biodiversity; Adaptation; spatiotemporal dynamics

We examined adaptive spatiotemporal mycobiota structure in the soil of 'Evolution Canyon' III, Nahal Shaharut, in the extreme southern Negev, Israel. A total of 223 species representing 80 genera were isolated using the soil dilution plate method. The microfungal communities in all localit...