Influence of small scale conditions on the diversity of wood decay fungi in a temperate, mixed deciduous forest canopy

Mycological Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-178

  Unterseher, Martin ^a   Tal, Ophir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Canopy crane; Ecosystem processes; Host specificity; Microclimate

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FUNGUS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WOOD;

AGARICALES; CYPHELLOPSIS ANOMALA; EXIDIA; FUNGI; HYALORBILIA; LACHNELLA; MYCOTA; ORBILIA; ORBILIALES; PYRENOMYCETES; TREMELLALES;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; TREE; WEATHER;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; TREES; WEATHER;

EID: 33646336910     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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