Role of niche restrictions and dispersal in the composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-105

  Lekberg, Ylva ^a,b   Koide, Roger T ^b   Rohr, Jason R ^b   Aldrich Wolfe, Laura ^c   Morton, Joseph B ^d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Community composition; Competition; Dispersal; Fundamental and realized niche; Internal transcribed spacer; Metacommunity; Soil characteristics; T RFLP; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; FUNGUS; MAIZE; NICHE PARTITIONING; ROOT COLONIZATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GIGASPORA; GIGASPORACEAE; GLOMERACEAE; GLOMUS; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33845649000     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01193.x     Document Type: Article

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