The effect of fire, mowing and fertilizer amendment on arbuscular mycorrhizas in tallgrass prairie

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-70

  Eom, Ahn Heum ^a   Hartnett, David C ^a   Wilson, Gail W T ^a   Figge, Deborah A H ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MOWING; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE;

EID: 0032784524     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)142[0055:TEOFMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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