Fungal farmers or algal escorts: Lichen adaptation from the algal perspective

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3708-3710

  Piercey Normore, Michele D ^a   Deduke, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ecological guild; environmental effects; lichen adaptation; photobiont

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; LICHENS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

CHLOROPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; LICHENS; PHYLOGENY;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; LEPRARIA;

EID: 80052553936     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05191.x     Document Type: Review

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