Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae influence Mount St. Helens pioneer species in greenhouse experiments

Oikos

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 495-510

  Titus, Jonathan H ^a,b   Del Moral, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUTRIENT REGIME; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; VESICULAR-ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE;

CASCADES; MOUNT ST HELENS; USA; WASHINGTON;

CAREX MERTENSII; HYPOCHAERIS RADICATA;

EID: 0031960768     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546770     Document Type: Article

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