Endophytic fungal communities in woody perennials of three tropical forest types of the Western Ghats, southern India

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 913-928

  Suryanarayanan, T S ^a   Murali, T S ^b,d   Thirunavukkarasu, N ^b   Govinda Rajulu, M B ^b   Venkatesan, G ^b,e   Sukumar, R ^c  

^a Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology VINSTROM   (India)

^b VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e MR Government Arts College   (India)

Author keywords

Endophyte; Fungal diversity; Fungal endophyte; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DICOTYLEDON; ENDOPHYTE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUNGUS; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL FOREST; WOOD;

INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 79954999830     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0004-5     Document Type: Article

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