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Klappentext This volume considers fungi in the context of the effect of humankind's activity on their habitats. Zusammenfassung Considers fungi in the context of the effect of humankind's activity on their habitats. Contributions on the effects of global warming! UV-B radiation! atmospheric and terrestrial pollutants and more ensure a topical and balanced coverage! with both ecological and physiological viewpoints being represented. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Effects of climate change on fungal diseases of trees D. Lonsdale and J. N. Gibbs; 2. effects of climate change on Fusarium foot rot of winter wheat in the United Kingdom T. R. Pettitt and D. W. Parry; 3. Effects of UV-B radiation (280-320 nm) on foliar saprotrophs and pathogens T. S. Gunasekera, M. S. Rasanayagam and N. D. Paul; 4. Implications of global warming and rising sea-levels for macrofungi in UK dune systems M. Rotheroe; 5. Red Data Lists and decline in fruiting of macromycetes in relation to pollution and loss of habitat B. Ing; 6. Effects of dry-deposited SO2 and sulphite on saprotrophic fungi and decomposition of tree leaf litter L. Boddy, J. C. Frankland, S. Dursun, K. K. Newsham and P. Ineson; 7. Effects of atmospheric pollutants on phyllosphere and endophytic fungi N. Magan, M. K. Smith and I. A. Kirkwood; 8. Influences of acid mist and ozone on the fluorescein diacetate activity of leaf litter P. J. A. Shaw; 9. Mycorrhizas and environmental stress J. V. Colpaert and K. K. Van Tichelen; 10. Myccorhizas, succession, and the rehabilitation of deforested lands in the humid tropics D. P. Janos; 11. Potential effects on the soil mycroflora of changes in the UK agricultural policy for upland grasslands R. D. Bardgett; 12. Uptake and immobilization of caesium in UK grassland and forest soils by fungi, following the Chernobyl accident J. Dighton and G. Terry; 13. Effects of pollutants on aquatic hyphomycetes colonizing leaf material in freshwaters S. Bermingham; 14. Fungi and salt stress L. Adler; 15. Fungal sequestration, mobilization and transformation of metals and metalloids G. F. Morley, J. A. Sayer, S. C. Wilkinson, M. M. Gharieb and G. M. Gadd; 16. Urban, industrial and agricultural effects on lichens D. H. Brown; 17. Fungal interactions with metals and radionuclides for environmental bioremediation I. Singleton and J. M. Tobin; 18. Impact of genetically-modified microorganisms on the terrestrial microbiota including fungi J. M. Whipps, F. A. A. M. de Leij, J. M. Lynch and M. J. Bailey; 19. Has chaos theory a place in environmental mycology? A. D. M. Rayner; Index....
