Impact of severe forest dieback caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi on macrofungal diversity in the northern jarrah forest of Western Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1033-1040

  Anderson, Prue ^a   Brundrett, Mark ^a   Grierson, Pauline ^a   Robinson, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ectomycorrhizal fungi; Forest decline; Jarrah forest; Litter; Mediterranean ecosystem; Phytophthora cinnamomi dieback; Saprophytic fungi

Indexed keywords

ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; FOREST DECLINE; FOREST LITTER; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPHTHORA;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; DECAY (ORGANIC); FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; VEGETATION;

FUNGI;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; DICOTYLEDON; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWING SEASON; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORTALITY; SAPROTROPHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; DECAY; ECOSYSTEMS; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; FUNGI; MEDITERRANEAN; METEOROLOGY; PLANTS; SITES; TREES;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; FUNGI; PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI;

EID: 74449089538     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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