Effects of elevation, slope position and livestock exclusion on microfungi isolated from soils of Mediterranean grasslands

Mycologia

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 984-995

  Maggi, Oriana ^a   Persiani, Anna M ^a   Casado, Miguel A ^b   Pineda, Francisco D ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elevation; Fungal communities; Herbivory; Soil fungi; Spain

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; SLOPE;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; SPAIN;

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; PLANTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

FUNGI;

EID: 33644770309     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 00275514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/mycologia.97.5.984     Document Type: Article

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