Ultraviolet-B radiation influences the abundance and distribution of phylloplane fungi on pedunculate oak (Quercus robur)

New Phytologist

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 287-297

  Newsham, K K ^a   Low, M N R ^a   McLeod, A R ^a   Greenslade, P D ^a   Emmett, B A ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aureobasidium pullulans; Phylloplane yeasts and filamentous fungi; Quercus robur; Sporobolomyces roseus; Ultraviolet B (u.v. B) and ultraviolet A (u.v. A) radiation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOSPORIUM; EPICOCCUM NIGRUM; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; MICRODOCHIUM NIVALE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; RHIZOBIACEAE; SPOROBOLOMYCES ROSEUS; FAGACEAE;

ABUNDANCE; FUNGI; PEDUNCULATE OAK; PHYLLOPLANE FUNGI; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAVIOLET-B;

EID: 0031284937     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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