Colonization and decomposition of salal (Gaultheria shallon) leaf litter by saprobic fungi in successional forests on coastal British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 427-434

  Osono, Takashi ^a   Iwamoto, Susumu ^b   Trofymow, John A ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Douglas fir forest; Fungal biodiversity; Leaves; Ligninolytic fungi; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BLEACHING; CANNING; CLEANING; DECAY (ORGANIC); FOOD PRESERVATION; FUNGI; LEAD; MIXTURES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; VEGETATION;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; BRITISH COLUMBIA (CO); CANOPY CLOSURES; CHEMICAL FRACTIONS; CLEAR-CUT SITES; DECOMPOSITION RATES; DOUGLAS FIRS; FOOD WEBS; FOREST FLOORS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; LEAF AREA (LA); LEAF LITTER; LITTER QUALITY; OLD-GROWTH; POST-HARVEST; RAPID DECOMPOSITION; RECALCITRANT COMPOUNDS; REGENERATION (RENOVATING); SAPROBIC FUNGI; VANCOUVER;

FORESTRY;

LIGNIN;

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNGUS; LEAF AREA; LEAF LITTER; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; SHRUB; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CANADA; CANOPY; FOOD WEB; FOREST; FOREST SOIL; FRACTIONATION; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GAULTHERIA; HARVEST; LEAF LITTER; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPROTROPH; SHRUB;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FUNGI; GAULTHERIA; PLANT LEAVES; PSEUDOTSUGA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

COCCOMYCES; FUNGI; GAULTHERIA SHALLON; MARASMIUS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 45149119976     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W08-023     Document Type: Article

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