Fungal growth on a common wood substrate across a tropical elevation gradient: Temperature sensitivity, community composition, and potential for above-ground decomposition

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1083-1090

  Meier, Courtney L ^a   Rapp, Josh ^b   Bowers, Robert M ^a   Silman, Miles ^b   Fierer, Noah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal community composition; Fungal richness; Lignocellulose; Q10; Wood decomposition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TAXA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSERS; ELEVATION GRADIENT; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FUNGAL GROWTH; FUNGAL RICHNESS; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; PLANT LITTER; PLANT MATERIAL; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TROPICAL FOREST; WOOD SUBSTRATES; WOODY DEBRIS;

CELLULOSE; DEBRIS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; LIGNIN; SUBSTRATES; TROPICS; WOOD;

ECOLOGY;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CELLULOSE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; ELEVATION; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; LIGNIN; LITTER; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL FOREST;

CELLULOSE; DECAY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FUNGI; LIGNINS; LIGNOCELLULOSE; SUBSTRATES; TROPICS; WOOD;

ANDES; PERU;

ANIMALIA; ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 77954860592     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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