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Original Articles

Species-abundance distribution patterns of soil fungi: contribution to the ecological understanding of their response to experimental fire in Mediterranean maquis (southern Italy)

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Pages 260-276 | Received 16 Dec 2011, Accepted 24 Jul 2012, Published online: 20 Jan 2017

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