Vertical distribution of mycorrhizal colonization, root hairs, and belowground biomass in three contrasting sites from the Tropical high mountains, Merida, Venezuela

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 206-212

  Barnola, Luis G ^a   Montilla, Miguel G ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS; COLONIZATION; DRY SEASON; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; MYCORRHIZA; OXYGEN; SOIL DRAINAGE; SURFACE SOIL; TROPICS;

VENEZUELA, MERIDA;

EID: 0030614183     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552047     Document Type: Article

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