Mycelial responses in heterogeneous environments: Parallels with macroorganisms

Fungi in the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 112-140

  Boddy, Lynne ^a   Jones, T Hefin ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511541797.007     Document Type: Chapter

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