Burrows of kangaroo rats are hotspots for desert soil fungi

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-249

  Hawkins, Lauraine K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burrows; Desert; Fungi; Kangaroo rats

Indexed keywords

BURROW; SOIL FUNGI;

DIPODOMYS SPECTABILIS;

EID: 0030443134     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0020     Document Type: Article

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