Ecological interactions between fungi, other biota and forest litter composition in a unique Scottish woodland

Forestry

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-216

  Krivtsov, V ^a,e   Bezginova, T ^b   Salmond, R ^b   Liddell, K ^b   Garside, A ^b   Thompson, J ^b   Palfreyman, J W ^b   Staines, H J ^b   Brendler, A ^b   Griffiths, B ^c   Watling, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOTA; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NEMATODE; SPATIAL VARIATION; UNDERSTORY; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETULA PENDULA; CANDIDA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; FUNGI; HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEMATODA; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 33646256807     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpi066     Document Type: Article

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