External mycorrhizal mycelia - The importance of quantification in natural ecosystems

New Phytologist

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 240-242

  Wallander, Håkan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; Ectomycorrhiza; Ergosterol; Ericoid mycorrhiza; Mesh bags; Turnover

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FERTILIZER;

COLD CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCELIUM; MYCORRHIZA; NOTE; SYMBIOSIS;

CARBON; COLD CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; MYCELIUM; MYCORRHIZAE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 33745190940     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01803.x     Document Type: Note

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