Ecological Persistence of the Plant-Mycorrhizal Mutualism: A Hypothesis from Species Coexistence Theory

American Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Hoeksema, Jason D ^a   Kummel, Miroslav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Ectomycorrhizal fungi; Mutualism; Plants, root turnover

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; MUTUALISM;

ABIES; ASCOMYCETES; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ABIES; ASCOMYCOTA; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYCORRHIZAE; SYMBIOSIS;

ABIES; ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0242540397     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378644     Document Type: Conference Paper

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