Succession of microfungal communities on decaying leaves of Castanopsis fissa

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 967-974

  Tang, Alvin M C ^a   Jeewon, Rajesh ^a   Hyde, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Castanopsis; Decomposition fungal ecology; Fungal succession; Microfungi

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION;

CASTANOPSIS; DECOMPOSITION FUNGAL ECOLOGY; FUNGAL SUCCESSION; MICROFUNGI;

FUNGI;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FUNGUS; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; CASTANOPSIS FISSA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; FAGACEAE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; FAGACEAE; FUNGI; MICROSCOPY; PLANT LEAVES;

CASTANOPSIS; CASTANOPSIS FISSA; FAGACEAE; FUNGI;

EID: 33144454420     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-086     Document Type: Article

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