Carbon and nitrogen flow in silver birch and Norway spruce connected by a common mycorrhizal mycelium

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 465-467

  Ek, H ^a   Andersson, S ^a   Soderstrom B ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Fungus; Mycelial links; Scleroderma citrinum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030437690     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005720050148     Document Type: Article

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