Mycorrhizal status of indigenous tree species in a forest biome of the Eastern Cape, South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 100, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 633-637

  Hawley, Greer L ^a   Dames, Joanna F ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MYCORRHIZA; TREE;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANACARDIACEAE; ARUM; CASSINE; CELASTRACEAE; EBENACEAE; FUNGI; MELIACEAE; MYRSINACEAE; OLEA CAPENSIS; OLEACEAE; PAPILIONOIDEAE; PODOCARPACEAE; RUBIACEAE; RUTACEAE; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

EID: 18244391003     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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