Common ectomycorrhizal networks may maintain monodominance in a tropical rain forest

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 567-574

  Mcguire, Krista L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Common mycorrhizal network; Dicymbe corymbosa; Distance dependence; Ectomycorrhizal association; Guyana, monodominance; Seedling survival; Tropical rain forest diversity

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DOMINANCE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; GROWTH RATE; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVORSHIP; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GUYANA; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIODIVERSITY; GUYANA; MYCORRHIZAE; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

GUYANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARBUSCULAR; DICYMBE CORYMBOSA;

EID: 34247132778     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-1173     Document Type: Article

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