Cyanobacterial lichen symbiosis: The fungal partner as an optimal harvester

Oikos

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 498-504

  Hyvärinen, Marko ^a   Härdling, Roger ^b   Tuomi, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMENSALISM; CYANOBACTERIUM; LICHEN; PARASITISM; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI;

EID: 0036745295     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.980314.x     Document Type: Article

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