Can we rapidly measure fungal diversity?

Mycologist

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 176-178

  Hyde, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biodiversity technicians; Fungal diversity; Rapid biodiversity assessment; RBA; RTU

Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

EID: 0004906475     PISSN: 0269915X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-915X(97)80099-7     Document Type: Article

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