Diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi in Britain: A test of the species-area relationship, and the role of host specificity

New Phytologist

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 619-627

  Newton, A C ^a   Haigh, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ectomycorrhiza; Host specificity; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

ECTOMYCORRHIZA; HOST SPECIFICITY; MYCORRHIZA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TREE;

UK;

BETULA; CASTANEA; FAGUS; PINUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0031923108     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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