Microfungal assemblage on Quercus ilex leaf litter in Tuscany, central Italy

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-313

  Zucconi, L ^a   Pasqualetti, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Litter; Mediterranean shrubby vegetation; Microfungal assemblage; Quercus ilex; Saprotrophic fungi

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 36249025677     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500701627869     Document Type: Article

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