Interactions between soil structure and fungi

Mycologist

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 52-59

  Ritz, Karl ^a   Young, Iain M ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological thin section; Foraging; Fungi; Hydrophobicity; Soil structure; Spatial organisation

Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

EID: 3843143719     PISSN: 0269915X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269915X04002010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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