Grazing alters network architecture during interspecific mycelial interactions

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 124-132

  Rotheray, T D ^a   Jones, T H ^a   Fricker, M D ^b   Boddy, Lynne ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive biological networks; Basidiomycete ecology; Combative interactions; Network architecture; Nutrient transport; Response to grazing

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CANDIDA; COLLEMBOLA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; HYPHOLOMA FASCICULARE; PHANEROCHAETE; PHANEROCHAETE VELUTINA;

EID: 60249086393     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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