Near-to-nature logging influences fungal community assembly processes in a temperate forest

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 939-948

  Bässler, Claus ^a   Ernst, Raffael ^b   Cadotte, Marc ^c   Heibl, Christoph ^d   Müller, Jörg ^a,d  

^a BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Ecosystem functioning; Habitat filtering; Limiting similarity

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FUNGUS; LOGGING (TIMBER); MASS EXTINCTION; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST;

EUROPE;

EID: 84904403016     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12267     Document Type: Article

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