A microtiter plate procedure for evaluating fungal functional diversity

Mycologia

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 756-765

  Dobranic, Jason K ^a   Zak, John C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid ecosystems; Decomposition; Functional diversity; FungiLog

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL GROWTH; MICROTITER;

BIODIVERSITY; FUNGUS; METHODOLOGY;

AGAVE; AGAVE LECHUGUILLA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PINUS CEMBROIDES; PINUS EDULIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS EMORYI; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 0032823775     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761529     Document Type: Article

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