Environmental fluctuations facilitate species co-existence and increase decomposition in communities of wood decay fungi

Oecologia

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 625-631

  Toljander, Ylva K ^a   Lindahl, Björn D ^a   Holmer, Lillian ^a   Högberg, Nils O S ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basidiomycetes; Fluctuating environment; Metabolic efficiency; Species richness; Wood decomposition

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DECOMPOSITION; FUNGUS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOOD;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; WOOD;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; WOOD;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; PHANEROCHAETE;

EID: 33745345852     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0406-3     Document Type: Article

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