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Despite an upsurge in national and international debate on environmental issues since the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, fungi, vital to the functioning of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, are rarely mentioned. This volume helps redress this imbalance by considering fungi in the context of the impact of humankind's activity on their habitats. The presentation of experimental evidence is a major feature of the volume. Contributions on the effects of global warming, UV-B radiation, atmospheric and terrestrial pollutants, deforestation in the tropics, loss of biodiversity, genetic engineering and chaos theory ensure a topical and balanced coverage, with both ecological and physiological viewpoints being represented. This timely review will be of interest to all mycologists and those ecologists concerned with environmental change.

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Author:   Juliet C. Frankland (Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Merlewood Research Station, UK) ,  Naresh Magan (Cranfield University, UK) ,  Geoffrey M. Gadd (University of Dundee)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
Volume:   20
ISBN:  

9780511753190

ISBN 10:   0511753195
Publication Date:   05 November 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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Table of Contents

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.

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