Ecology of endophytic fungi associated with leaf litter decomposition

Applied Mycology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 92-109

  Osono, Takashi ^a   Hirose, Dai ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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