Rapid turnover of hyphae of mycorrhizal fungi determined by AMS microanalysis of 14C

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5622, 2003, Pages 1138-1140

  Staddon, Philip L ^a,d   Ramsey, Christopher Bronk ^b   Ostle, Nick ^c   Ineson, Philip ^a   Fitter, Alastair H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

SOIL CARBON CYCLE;

FUNGI;

CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON CYCLE; FUNGUS; MYCORRHIZA; SOIL CARBON;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; FUNGUS HYPHAE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LONGEVITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCELIUM; MYCORRHIZA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS;

CARBON; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; HYPHAE; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTAGO; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; ZYGOMYCOTA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FUNGI;

EID: 0038287420     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1084269     Document Type: Article

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