Arbuscular mycorrhizal communities in tropical forests are affected by host tree species and environment

Oecologia

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 268-279

  Lovelock, Catherine E ^a   Andersen, Kelly ^b   Morton, Joseph B ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acaulospora foveata; Acaulospora mellea; Acaulospora morrowiae; Glomales

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

ACAULOSPORA; ACAULOSPORA MELLEA; ACAULOSPORA MORROWIAE; FUNGI; GLOMERALES; GLOMUS;

EID: 0037696437     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1166-3     Document Type: Article

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