Truffle abundance in riparian and upland mixed-conifer forest of California's southern Sierra Nevada

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1015-1020

  Meyer, Marc D ^a   North, Malcolm P ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Riparian; Sierra Nevada; Truffles

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MOISTURE; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

RIPARIAN; TRUFFLES;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FUNGUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIOMASS; MOISTURE; PINUS WASHOENSIS; SOIL; WATER SHEDS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; SCIURIDAE; TUBER (GENUS); TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 29244479964     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-054     Document Type: Article

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