Evolutionary histories of soil fungi are reflected in their large-scale biogeography

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1086-1093

  Treseder, Kathleen K ^a   Maltz, Mia R ^a   Hawkins, Bradford A ^a   Fierer, Noah ^b   Stajich, Jason E ^c   Mcguire, Krista L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Latitude; Phylum; Precipitation; Regular septa; Snowball earth events; Soil; Temperature; Traits; Zoospore

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

RNA 18S;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; LATITUDE; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; REGULAR SEPTA; SNOWBALL EARTH EVENTS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TRAITS; TROPIC CLIMATE; ZOOSPORE;

LATITUDE; PHYLUM; PRECIPITATION; REGULAR SEPTA; SNOWBALL EARTH EVENTS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TRAITS; ZOOSPORE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84905262322     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12311     Document Type: Article

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