Mycophagy in small mammals: A comparison of the occurrence and diversity of hypogeal fungi in the diet of the long-nosed potoroo Potorous tridactylus and the bush rat Rattus fuscipes from southwestern Victoria, Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 460-470

  Tory, M K ^a   May, T W ^b   Keane, P J ^a   Bennett, A F ^c,d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Dept of Nat Rsrc and Environment ^*  (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypogeal fungi; Mycophagy; Potorous tridactylus; Rattus fuscipes; Spore classes; Spore dispersal; Sporophores

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444399023     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00697.x     Document Type: Article

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