Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae in two tropical monodominant trees

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 623-629

  Torti, Sylvia D ^a   Coley, P D ^a   Janos, David P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectomycorrhizae; Flooding; Monodominance; Neotropics; Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; MYCORRHIZAE;

EID: 0030827349     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400010762     Document Type: Article

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