Microfungi associated with the banner-tailed kangaroo rat, Dipodomys spectabilis

Mycologia

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 735-741

  Hawkins, Lauraine K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert; Fungi; Heteromyid; Rodent; Seeds

Indexed keywords

SYMBIOSIS;

FUNGUS; RODENT; SYMBIOSIS;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS SPECTABILIS; FUNGI; HETEROMYIDAE; MACROPUS SP.; PENICILLIUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032866040     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761526     Document Type: Article

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