The impact of selective-logging and forest clearance for oil palm on fungal communities in Borneo.

Tropical forests are being rapidly altered by logging, and cleared for agriculture. Understanding the effects of these land use changes on soil fungi, which play vital roles in the soil ecosystem functioning and services, is a major conservation frontier. Using 454-pyrosequencing of the ITS1 region...

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Main Authors: Dorsaf Kerfahi, Binu M Tripathi, Junghoon Lee, David P Edwards, Jonathan M Adams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111525