Plant communities affect arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and community composition in grassland microcosms

New Phytologist

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 503-515

  Johnson, David ^a,d   Vandenkoornhuyse, Philippe J ^b   Leake, Jonathan R ^a   Gilbert, Lucy ^c   Booth, Rosemary E ^a   Grime, J Philip ^a   Young, J Peter W ^b   Read, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM); Plant functional type; diversity; shoot phosphorus; Shoot nitrogen; Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T RFLP)

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CAREX; CAREX FLACCA; CYPERACEAE; FESTUCA; FESTUCA OVINA; FUNGI; LANCEOLATA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 1642465461     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00938.x     Document Type: Article

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