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Functional diversity and resource partitioning in fungi associated with the fine feeder roots of forest trees

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Kernaghan, G. Functional diversity and resource partitioning in fungi associated with the fine feeder roots of forest trees. Symbiosis 61, 113–123 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-013-0265-8

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