Peeking through a frosty window: Molecular insights into the ecology of Arctic soil fungi

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 419-429

  Timling, Ina ^a   Taylor, D Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biodiversity; Climate change; Cold adaptation; Community structure; Edaphic factors; Fungi; Mycorrhiza; Polar regions; Stress tolerance; Tundra

Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

EID: 84862122609     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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