The Soil FungiLog procedure: Method and analytical approaches toward understanding fungal functional diversity

Mycologia

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 590-602

  Sobek, E A ^a   Zak, J C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biolog; Discriminant function analysis; Functional diversity; FungiLog; Soil fungi

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; FUNGUS; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FUNGI;

EID: 0141872458     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2004.11833063     Document Type: Article

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