Mammal mycophagy and fungal spore dispersal across a steep environmental gradient in eastern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-76

  Vernes, Karl ^a   Dunn, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem dynamics; Ecotone; Ectomycorrhizal fungi; Forest health; Truffle

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIET; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FUNGUS; MAMMAL; MYCOPHAGY; RODENT; SPORE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS FUSCIPES; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 58249117726     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01883.x     Document Type: Article

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