Some Mediterranean plant species (Lavandula spp. and Thymus satureioides) act as potential 'plant nurses' for the early growth of Cupressus atlantica

Plant Ecology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-134

  Ouahmane, L ^a,b   Duponnois, R ^c   Hafidi, M ^a   Kisa, M ^c   Boumezouch, A ^a   Thioulouse, J ^d   Plenchette, C ^e  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b Direction Régionale des Eaux and Forêts du Haut Atlas   (Morocco)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Cupressus atlantica; Degraded forest ecosystems; Microbial catabolic diversity; Nurse plant; Restoration ecology; Revegetation strategies

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; GROWTH; NURSE PLANT; PROPAGULE; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT COLONIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TREE;

ACAULOSPORA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS ATLANTICA; FUNGI; GLOMUS; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LAVANDULA DENTATA; LAVANDULA STOECHAS; SCUTELLOSPORA; THYMUS SATUREIOIDES;

EID: 33745503243     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-9089-9     Document Type: Article

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