The role of sciurids and murids in the dispersal of truffle-forming ectomycorrhizal fungi in the Interior Cedar-Hemlock biogeoclimatic zone
Ectomycorrhizal fungi form an integral tripartite relationship with trees and rodents whereby the fungi provide nutritional benefits for the trees, the trees provide carbohydrate for the fungi, and the rodents feed on the fruit bodies produced by the fungi and then disperse the fungal spores in thei...
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University of British Columbia
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/40418 |