Consumption of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi by spiny rats (Proechimys semispinosus) in eight isolated populations

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 779-790

  Mangan, Scott A ^a   Adler, Gregory H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Glomalean fungi; Mycophagy; Panama; Spore dispersal; Tropical rodent

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ISOLATED POPULATION; MYCOPHAGY; RODENT;

PANAMA;

GLOMUS; PROECHIMYS SEMISPINOSUS; SCLEROCYSTIS COREMIOIDES;

EID: 0033369773     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467499001170     Document Type: Article

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