Genetic diversity of terricolous Peltigera cyanolichen communities in different conservation states of native forest from southern Chile

International Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 243-252

  Ramírez Fernández, Lía ^a   Zúñiga, Catalina ^a   Méndez, Marco A ^a   Carú, Margarita ^a   Orlando, Julieta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Karukinka Natural Park; Lichens; Nostoc; Peltigera; Southern Chile

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIODIVERSITY; CHILE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TREE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BIODIVERSITY; CHILE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; LICHENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; TREES;

EID: 84899977546     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2436/20.1501.01.200     Document Type: Article

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