Gut-retention time in mycophagous mammals: A review and a study of truffle-like fungal spore retention in the swamp wallaby

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 200-210

  Danks, Melissa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest ecology; Gut passage; Marsupials; Mean retention time; Mycophagy; Mycorrhizas; Spore dispersal; Truffles

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPODOIDEA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; POTOROIDAE; TUBER (TRUFFLE); WALLABIA BICOLOR;

EID: 84857058912     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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