Mycorrhizae and fine root dynamics of Centaurea maculosa and native bunchgrasses in Western Montana

Northwest Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-224

  Marler, Marilyn J ^a   Zabinski, Catherine A ^a   Wojtowicz, Todd ^a,b   Callaway, Ragan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; GRASSLAND; MYCORRHIZA; WEED;

UNITED STATES;

CENTAUREA MACULOSA; FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS; PSEUDOROEGNARIA SPICATA; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA;

EID: 0032845585     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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