Nocturnal fungi: Airborne spores in the canopy and understory of a tropical rain forest

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 462-464

  Gilbert, Gregory S ^a,b   Reynolds, Don R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne fungi; Australia; Canopy; Fungal spores; Queensland; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; FUNGUS; PATHOGEN; RAINFOREST; SPORE; TROPICAL FOREST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 28444437058     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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