Diversity and phenology of the macrofungal assemblages supported by litter in a tall, wet Eucalyptus obliqua forest in southern Tasmania, Australia

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-75

  Gates, Genevieve M ^a   Mohammed, Caroline ^a   Wardlaw, Tim ^b   Davidson, Neil J ^a   Ratkowsky, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalypt; Litter; Macrofungi; Tasmania; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA; MYCOTA;

EID: 78650247598     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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