Clonal growth traits of two Prunella species are determined by co-occurring arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from a calcareous grassland

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-191

  Streitwolf Engel, R ^a   Boller, T ^a   Wiemken, A ^a   Sanders, I R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

clonal plants; community structure; Glomales; morphological plasticity; mycorrhizal symbiosis; population structure; resource acquisition

Indexed keywords

PRUNELLA; LAMIACEAE; PRUNELLA GRANDIFLORA; PRUNELLA VULGARIS;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; CLONAL PLANT; LARGE SELF-HEAL; SELF-HEAL;

EID: 0030617437     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960650     Document Type: Article

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