Arbuscular endomycorrhizas are dominant in the organic soil of a neotropical montane cloud forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-129

  Kottke, Ingrid ^a   Beck, Adela ^a   Oberwinkler, Franz ^a   Homeier, Jürgen ^b   Neill, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Herbario Nacional Del Ecuador   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Acid humus; Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Ectomycorrhiza; Ecuador; Graffenrieda emarginata; Neea sp.; Trees

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CLOUD FOREST; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; MONTANE FOREST; ORGANIC SOIL;

FUNGI; GRAFFENRIEDA; NEEA;

EID: 0842266223     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403001020     Document Type: Article

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