A comparison of fungal endophytic community diversity in tree leaves of rural and urban temperate forests of Kanto district, eastern Japan

Fungal Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 191-201

  Matsumura, Emi ^a   Fukuda, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

diversity; Endophytic fungal community; Forest isolation; Host specificity; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOST RANGE; HOST SPECIFICITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; RURAL AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBURBAN AREA; TEMPERATE FOREST; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POLICY; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOPHYTES; FUNGI; HOST SPECIFICITY; JAPAN; PLANT LEAVES; SOCIAL PLANNING; TREES; URBAN RENEWAL;

CHIBA; HONSHU; IBARAKI; JAPAN; KANTO; MOUNT TAKAO; TOKYO [KANTO];

CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; EURYA JAPONICA; FUNGI; QUERCUS MYRSINIFOLIA; QUERCUS SERRATA;

EID: 84875585265     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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