Macrofungal diversity in fragmented and disturbed forests of the Western Ghats of India

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-17

  Brown, Nick ^a   Bhagwat, Shonil ^b   Watkinson, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coffee plantations; Fungal conservation; Fungal distribution patterns; Fungal morphotypes; Landscape ecology; Sacred groves

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

FUNGI;

EID: 33645110210     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01107.x     Document Type: Article

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