Diversity of soil fungi in a tropical deciduous forest in Mudumalai, southern India

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 669-677

  Satish, Nilima ^a   Sultana, Sadika ^a   Nanjundiah, Vidyanand ^a,b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biodiversity; Diversity indices; Fungi

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; FUSARIUM; MORTIERELLA; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 34748887898     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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