Different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal species are potential determinants of plant community structure

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2082-2091

  Van der Heijden, Marcel G A ^a   Boller, Thomas ^a   Wiemken, Andres ^a   Sanders, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity; Bromus erectus; Community structure; Festuca ovina; Hieracium pilosella; Mutualism; Mycorrhizal symbiosis and dependency; Plant fungi interactions; Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM)

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; BROMUS ERECTUS; FESTUCA OVINA; FUNGI; HIERACIUM PILOSELLA; PILOSELLA;

EID: 0031671176     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2082:DAMFSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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