Epigeous macrofungal succession in the first five years following a wildfire in karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) regrowth forest in Western Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 807-820

  Robinson, Richard M ^a   Mellican, Amanda E ^b   Smith, Robert H ^a  

^a Science Division   (Australia)

^b Science Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus diversicolor; Macrofungi; Recolonization; Species succession; Western Australia; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FRUITING; FUNGUS; RECOLONIZATION; REGROWTH; SUCCESSION; WILDFIRE;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS DIVERSICOLOR; FUNGI;

EID: 49849091952     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01853.x     Document Type: Article

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