Analysis of fungal networks

Fungal Biology Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-29

  Heaton, Luke ^a   Obara, Boguslaw ^a   Grau, Vincente ^a   Jones, Nick ^a,b   Nakagaki, Toshiyuki ^c   Boddy, Lynne ^d   Fricker, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FUTURE UNIVERSITY HAKODATE   (Japan)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fungal network; Mass flow modelling; Mycophagous invertebrate grazing; Network resilience; Nutrient translocation; Transport network

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84859480998     PISSN: 17494613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2012.02.001     Document Type: Review

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