Effects of increased temperature and aquatic fungal diversity on litter decomposition

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 734-740

  Geraldes, Paulo ^a   Pascoal, Cláudia ^a   Cássio, Fernanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Biodiversity; Plant litter decomposition; Warming

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES;

EID: 84867098427     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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