Fungi and Algae Co-Occur in Snow: An Issue of Shared Habitat or Algal Facilitation of Heterotrophs?

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 729-749

  Brown, Shawn P ^a,b   Olson, Bradley J S C ^a   Jumpponen, Ari ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COHABITATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUNGUS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; SNOW COVER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; YEAST;

ALPS;

ALGAE; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 84946081053     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: 19384246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/AAAR0014-071     Document Type: Article

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