An appraisal of soil fungal biodiversity: The crossroads between taxonomic and functional biodiversity

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-183

  Zak, John C ^a   Visser, Suzanne ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional diversity; Mycelial growth form; Soil fungi; Taxonomic diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; SOIL FUNGI; TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY;

EID: 0029661474     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00055828     Document Type: Article

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