Preliminary assessment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and community structure in an urban ecosystem

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 319-326

  Cousins, Jamaica R ^a   Hope, Diane ^a   Gries, Corinna ^a   Stutz, Jean C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Diversity; LTER; Sonoran Desert; Urban ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; LAND USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS SPORE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; ZYGOMYCETES;

ARIZONA; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MYCORRHIZAE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, FUNGAL; ZYGOMYCOTA;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GLOMUS; GLOMUS MICROAGGREGATUM; PHOENIX;

EID: 0346967164     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-003-0239-4     Document Type: Article

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