Fungal growth and leaf decomposition are affected by amount and type of inoculum and by external nutrients

Sydowia

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-104

  Raviraja, N S ^a   Nikolcheva, L G ^b   Barlocher F ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Diversity effects; Mass loss; Niche complementarity; Sampling effect

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLOSPORA LONGISSIMA; CLAVARIOPSIS AQUATICA; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; MALVACEAE; NECTRIA LUGDUNENSIS; TETRACLADIUM SETIGERUM; TILIA CORDATA;

EID: 33751353388     PISSN: 00820598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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