Below-ground interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal shrubs decrease the performance of pinyon pine and the abundance of its ectomycorrhizas

New Phytologist

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 171-178

  McHugh, Theresa A ^a   Gehring, Catherine A ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Merriam Powell Center for Environmental Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Below ground competition; Drought; Ectomycorrhizal fungi; Shrub; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNGUS; SHRUB;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; OLEACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT ROOT; POISON IVY; ROSACEAE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ECOSYSTEM; MYCORRHIZAE; OLEACEAE; PINUS; PLANT ROOTS; RHUS; ROSACEAE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 33744933710     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01735.x     Document Type: Article

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