Microfungal communities in soil, litter and casts of Lumbricus terrestris L. (Lumbricidae): A laboratory experiment

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-26

  Tiunov, Alexei V ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^b  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anecic earthworms; Fungal community; Litter decomposition; Lumbricus terrestres; Soil fungi

Indexed keywords

CLADOSPORIUM; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0034092468     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(99)00050-5     Document Type: Article

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