Effects of fire on sandhill herbs: Nutrients, mycorrhizae, and biomass allocation

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 938-948

  Anderson, Roger C ^a   Menges, Eric S ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire response; Florida; Herbaceous plants; Inorganic nutrients; Sandhills vegetation; Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; ARISTIDA; ARISTIDA STRICTA; BALDUINA ANGUSTIFOLIA; FUNGI; LIATRIS; LIATRIS TENUIFOLIA; MYCORRHIZAE; PITYOPSIS GRAMINIFOLIA;

EID: 0030758816     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446284     Document Type: Article

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