Fungi and the urban environment: A review

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 138-145

  Newbound, Mark ^a,b   Mccarthy, Michael A ^a,b   Lebel, Teresa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Ecosystem function; Fungal ecology; Soil ecology; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; ECOLOGICAL ROLES; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; FUNGAL ECOLOGY; LAND MANAGERS; SOIL ECOLOGY; URBAN ECOLOGY; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

FUNGI;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNGUS; LITERATURE REVIEW; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 77953133207     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.04.005     Document Type: Review

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