Phosphorus uptake, not carbon transfer, explains arbuscular mycorrhizal enhancement of Centaurea maculosa in the presence of native grassland species

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 758-765

  Zabinski, C A ^a   Quinn, L ^a,b   Callaway, R M ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizas; Carbon transfer; Hyphal networks; Invasive species; Phosphorus concentration

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOMASS; CARBON; GRASSLAND; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA; FESTUCA; FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS; FUNGI; GAILLARDIA; GAILLARDIA ARISTATA; KOELERIA; KOELERIA MACRANTHA; POACEAE; PSEUDOROEGNERIA; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA;

EID: 0036939827     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00676.x     Document Type: Article

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