Mycorrhizae influence plant community structure and diversity in tallgrass prairie

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1187-1195

  Hartnett, David C ^a   Wilson, Gail W T ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Community structure; Diversity; Fungicide; Grasslands; Species richness; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MYCORRHIZA; PRAIRIE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE; POACEAE;

EID: 0033003389     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1187:MIPCSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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