Fungal-algal interactions in Ramalina menziesii and its associated epiphytic lichen community

Lichenologist

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 543-560

  Werth, Silke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

compartmentalization; lichen forming fungi; nestedness; photobiont; species interactions; specificity; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; FUNGI; RAMALINA MENZIESII; TREBOUXIA;

EID: 84862162851     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: 10961135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0024282912000138     Document Type: Article

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