Rich and cold: Diversity, distribution and drivers of fungal communities in patterned-ground ecosystems of the North American Arctic

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3258-3272

  Timling, I ^a   Walker, D A ^a   Nusbaum, C ^b   Lennon, N J ^b   Taylor, D L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; bioclimatic gradient; community structure; diversity; fungi; patterned ground ecosystems

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOCLIMATIC GRADIENT; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCORRHIZA; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATTERNED-GROUND ECOSYSTEMS;

ARCTIC; BIOCLIMATIC GRADIENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY; FUNGI; PATTERNED-GROUND ECOSYSTEMS;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, FUNGAL; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCORRHIZAE; NORTH AMERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84903292612     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12743     Document Type: Article

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