Mathematical modelling of fungal growth and function

IMA Fungus

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-37

  Davidson, Fordyce A ^a   Boswell, Graeme P ^b   Fischer, Mark W F ^c   Heaton, Luke ^d   Hofstadler, Daniel ^e   Roper, Marcus ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c College of Mount St Joseph ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow; Hyphal networks; Mathematical modelling; Multi scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859509325     PISSN: 22106340     EISSN: 22106359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2011.02.01.06     Document Type: Article

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