Growth of an invasive legume is symbiont limited in newly occupied habitats

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 563-571

  Parker, Matthew A ^a   Malek, Wanda ^b   Parker, Ingrid M ^c  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of General Microbiology ^*  (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Invasive species; Microbial ecology; Mutualism; Nitrogen fixation symbiosis; Rhizobiaceae; Ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INOCULATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; MUTUALISM; NODULATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; ROOT SYSTEM; SYMBIONT;

APIOS AMERICANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CYTISUS; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; DESMODIUM CANADENSE;

EID: 33747414090     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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