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A view of disturbance and life strategies in fungi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

G. J. F. Pugh  and
Lynne Boddy
G. J. F. Pugh
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, Portsmouth Polytechnic, King Henry I Street, Portsmouth PO1 2DY, U.K.
Lynne Boddy
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University College, Newport Road, Cardiff CF2 1TA, U.K.
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Examination of fungal life strategies assists the understanding of the patterns of occurrence of an organism (or rather species) in nature. Fungi prevalent in disturbed situations tend to have many R-selected characteristics, although these are often combined with C-selected and S-selected characteristics depending upon the biotic and abiotic conditions to which their life strategies are best adapted. Many fungi probably exhibit different life strategies at different times during their life-cycle.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 94: Fungi and Ecological Disturbance , 1988 , pp. 3 - 11
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1988

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