Effects of above-ground browsing by mammals on mycorrhizal infection in an early successional taiga ecosystem

Oecologia

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 94-98

  Rossow, Loni J ^a,b   Bryant, John P ^a   Kielland, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ABR Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Mycorrhizal infection; Primary succession; Taiga forest; Vertebrate herbivory

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; MYCORRHIZA; MYCORRHIZAL INFECTION; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; TAIGA FOREST;

USA, ALASKA, TANANA RIVER FLOODPLAIN;

ALCES ALCES; ALNUS; BETULACEAE; LEPUS AMERICANUS; PICEA; PINACEAE; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; SALICACEAE; SALIX;

EID: 0030620345     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050137     Document Type: Article

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