Carbon transfer between plants and its control in networks of arbuscular mycorrhizas

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 406-412

  Fitter, A H ^a   Graves, J D ^a   Watkins, N K ^a   Robinson, D ^a   Scrimgeour, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C; Arbuscular mycorrhiza; C3; C4; Carbon transport; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031857790     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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