Arbuscular mycorrhizas influence plant diversity, productivity, and nutrients in boreal grasslands

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 104-114

  Dhillion, Shivcharn S ^a   Gardsjord, Tone L ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Benomyl; Biodiversity; Boreal grasslands; Ecosystem processes; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FUNGI; GROWTH KINETICS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA (AM) COLONIZATION; GRASSLANDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; GRASSLAND; NUTRIENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI;

EID: 1842735056     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b03-139     Document Type: Article

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