Molecular fungal community and its decomposition activity in sapwood and heartwood of 13 temperate European tree species.

Deadwood is an important structural component in forest ecosystems and plays a significant role in global carbon and nutrient cycling. Relatively little is known about the formation and decomposition of CWD by microbial communities in situ and about the factors controlling the associated processes....

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Main Authors: Sabrina Leonhardt, Björn Hoppe, Elisa Stengel, Lisa Noll, Julia Moll, Claus Bässler, Andreas Dahl, Francois Buscot, Martin Hofrichter, Harald Kellner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212120