Nitrogen cycling mediated by biological soil crusts and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1553-1562

  Hawkes, Christine V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptogamic; Eryngium cuneifolium; Florida (USA); Hypericum cumulicola; Microbiotic; Mycorrhizal fungi; Nitrogen cycling; Paronychia chartacea; Polygonella basiramia; Rosemary scrub

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL CRUST; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; CYANOBACTERIA; ERYNGIUM CUNEIFOLIUM; FUNGI; HYPERICUM CUMULICOLA; MYCORRHIZAE; PARONYCHIA CHARTACEA; POLYGONELLA BASIRAMIA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0345015935     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1553:NCMBBS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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