Diversity and distribution of saprobic microfungi in leaf litter of an Australian tropical rainforest

Mycological Research

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1441-1454

  Paulus, Barbara C ^a   Kanowski, John ^b   Gadek, Paul A ^a   Hyde, Kevin D ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Host affinity; Multivariate analysis; Particle filtration

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FRUIT; FUNGUS; ISOLATED POPULATION; LEAF LITTER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; ELAEOCARPACEAE; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORACEAE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT LEAF; PROTEACEAE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ECOSYSTEM; ELAEOCARPACEAE; FUNGI; LAURACEAE; MORACEAE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT LEAVES; PROTEACEAE; QUEENSLAND; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CRYPTOCARYA; CRYPTOCARYA MACKINNONIANA; DARLINGIA; ELAEOCARPACEAE; ELAEOCARPUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS DESTRUENS; FICUS PLEUROCARPA; FUNGI; LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MORACEAE; OPISTHIOLEPIS HETEROPHYLLA; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 33845306858     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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