Bracket fungi (Polyporaceae): An alternative habitat for soil chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Pedobiologia

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 405-412

  Willassen, Endre ^a,b   Thunes, Karl H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Museum of Zoology   (Norway)

Author keywords

adaptations; microhabitat properties; Polyporaceae; Terrestrial Chironomidae

Indexed keywords

BRACKET FUNGI; MICROHABITAT; SOIL FAUNA;

NORWAY;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; FOMES FOMENTARIUS; PIPTOPORUS BETULINUS; POLYPORACEAE; TRAMETES;

EID: 0030303415     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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