Shifts in mycorrhiza and microbial activity along an oroarctic altitudinal gradient in northern Fennoscandia

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-104

  Vare H ^a   Vestberg, M ^b   Ohtonen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; LONGUS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT GROWTH; SNOWBED;

FINLAND;

EID: 0030614202     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1551839     Document Type: Article

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