Soil fungi and the effects of an invasive forb on grasses: Neighbor identity matters

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 129-135

  Callaway, Ragan M ^a   Mahall, Bruce E ^b   Wicks, Chris ^b   Pankey, Joel ^b   Zabinski, Catherine ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avena; California grasslands; Centaurea; Competition; Fungi; Indirect interactions; Invasion; Mycorrhizae; Nassella; Soil fungi

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FUNGUS; GRASS; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MYCORRHIZA; WEED;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AVENA; AVENA BARBATA; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MELITENSIS; FUNGI; NASSELLA; NASSELLA PULCHRA; POACEAE;

EID: 0042816421     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0129:SFATEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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