Temporal variation in temperature and rainfall differentially affects ectomycorrhizal colonization at two contrasting sites

New Phytologist

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 733-739

  Swaty, Randy L ^a   Gehring, Catherine A ^a   Van Ert, Matt ^a   Theimer, Tad C ^a   Keim, Paul ^a   Whitham, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cinder ash soils; Ectomycorrhizal colonization; Ectomycorrhizal fungi; Environmental stress; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; MYCORRHIZA; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 0031668996     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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