Truffle consumption by New Guinea forest wallabies

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 270-276

  Vernes, Karl ^a   Lebel, Teresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dorcopsis; Dorcopsulus; Ecosystem dynamics; Marsupial; Mycophagous mammal; Mycophagy; Mycorrhizal fungi; Thylogale; Truffle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; DORCOPSIS; DORCOPSIS ATRATA; DORCOPSIS HAGENI; DORCOPSULUS; DORCOPSULUS VANHEURNI; FUNGI; MACROPODIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; THYLOGALE; THYLOGALE BRUNII; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 79956198833     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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