Dispersal of spores of mycorrhizal fungi in scats of native mammals in tropical forests of northeastern Australia

Biotropica

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 184-192

  Reddell, Paul ^a   Spain, Alister V ^a   Hopkins, Michael ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Fungi; Mammals; Marsupials; Mycophagy; Mycorrhizas; Scats; Tropical forest; Vectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002756436     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1997.tb00023.x     Document Type: Article

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