Tallgrass prairie soil fungal communities are resilient to climate change

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-57

  Jumpponen, Ari ^a   Jones, Kenneth L ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered precipitation; Global warming; Soil fungi; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; OTUS;

EID: 84901642073     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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