Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a mountain grassland II: Seasonal variation of colonization studied, along with its relation to grazing and metabolic host type

Mycologia

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 407-415

  Lugo, Mónica A ^a   González Maza, Mirta E ^a   Cabello, Marta N ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Botanica Carlos Spegazzini   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AMF; Endomycorrhiza; Grasses; Grazing; Mountain grassland; Plant metabolic pathway; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; METABOLISM; SEASONAL VARIATION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ALCHEMILLA; ALCHEMILLA PINNATA; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; ARUM; BRIZA; BRIZA SUBARISTATA; BRIZA SUBARITATA; DEYEUXIA; DEYEUXIA HIERONYMI; ERAGROSTIS LUGENS; FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE; PARIS; POA; POA STUCKERTII; POACEAE; ROSACEAE; SORGHASTRUM; SORGHASTRUM PELLITUM;

EID: 0042768055     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2004.11833085     Document Type: Article

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