Host-specificity of AM fungal population growth rates can generate feedback on plant growth

Plant and Soil

Volumn 244, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 281-290

  Bever, James D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Community dynamics; Feedback; Host specificity; Population growth rates

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; HOST SPECIFICITY; MUTUALISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 0036658027     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020221609080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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