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- Title
Polypore fungal diversity and host density in a moist tropical forest .
- Authors
Gilbert, Gregory S.; Ferrer, Astrid; Carranza, Julieta
- Abstract
Reports that in a moist tropical forest in Panama, the wood-decay polypore fungi comprise many rare species (more than half found only once) and exhibit diversity that exceeds that of the supporting tree community. Fungal species that were non-specialists, each found on several host species from multiple plant families; Species that should infect a given host species in a density-dependent manner, so that the infected proportion of a host population should increase with host density in diverse fungal communities; Hosts with denser populations that should support greater fungal diversity; Fungal incidence and diversity that increased with abundance of the host in the community, consistent with across-species density-dependent infection; Fungal diversity associated with individual trunks that did not vary with host-species density; Host density and persistence of decaying logs that may be important in determining fungal diversity associated with tree species.
- Subjects
PANAMA; RAIN forests; FUNGI; TREES; FORESTS &; forestry
- Publication
Biodiversity & Conservation, 2002, Vol 11, Issue 6, p947
- ISSN
0960-3115
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1015896204113