Are Ericoid Mycorrhizas a factor in the success of Calluna vulgaris heathland restoration?

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-195

  Diaz, Anita ^a   Green, Iain ^a   Benvenuto, Marianne ^a   Tibbett, Mark ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creation; Habitat heath; Mycorrhiza; Restoration ecology; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FUNGUS; HEATHLAND; MYCORRHIZA; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; FUNGI;

EID: 33646795286     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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