Altitudinal distribution of microfungi associated with Betula ermanii leaf litter on Mt. Rishiri, northern Japan

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 783-789

  Osono, Takashi ^a   Hirose, Dai ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Altitude; Decomposition; Diversity; Leaf litter; Microfungi

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDINAL TRANSECT; BETULA ERMANII; DIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOUR-GROUP; FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS; LEAF LITTER; MICROFUNGI; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FUNGI; OCEANOGRAPHY;

MICROORGANISMS;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUNGUS; LEAF; LEAF LITTER; MICROORGANISM; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BETULA ERMANII; BIRCH; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; JAPAN; LEAF LITTER; MICROMYCETE; MORTIERELLA; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAECILOMYCES; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRICHODERMA;

ALTITUDE; BETULA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; MOUNT RISHIRI; RISHIRI;

BETULA; BETULA ERMANII;

EID: 68149126851     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W09-030     Document Type: Article

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