Introduction -- Making nutrients available for primary production -- Role of fungi in promoting primary production -- Role of fungi in reducing primary production -- Fungi and secondary productivity -- Fungi as animal pathogens : negative impacts on faunal productivity -- Fungal interactions with pollutants and climate change --Fungi in the built environment
Summary
This new edition of Fungi in Ecosystem Processes continues the unique approach of examining the roles of fungi from the perspective of ecosystem functions. It explores how fungi have adapted to survive within particular constraints, how they help to maintain homeostasis in ecosystems, how they facilitate resistance to perturbations, and how they influence the communities of other organisms
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed June 8, 2023)