Interactive effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, intraspecific competition and resource availability on Trifolium subterraneum cv. Mt. Barker

New Phytologist

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 535-547

  Facelli, E ^a   Facelli, J M ^a   Smith, S E ^a   Mclaughlin, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Mycorrhizas; P acquisition; Resource availability; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FUNGUS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT INTENSITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SYMBIOSIS;

GIGASPORA MARGARITA; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM;

EID: 0032948595     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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