Root fungal colonisation in Deschampsia flexuosa: Effects of pollution and neighbouring trees

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 723-728

  Ruotsalainen, Anna Liisa ^a,c   Markkola, Annamari ^a,b   Kozlov, Mikhail V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dark septate endophytic fungi; Heavy metals; Kola Peninsula; Mycorrhizal colonisation; Sclerotia

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; HEAVY METALS; NICKEL; POLLUTION;

DARK SEPTATE ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAL COLONISATION; ROOT FUNGAL COLONIZATION; SCLEROTIA;

FUNGI;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ENDOPHYTE; GRASS; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; ROOT COLONIZATION; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; DISPERSION; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL SCLEROTIUM; GRASS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; TREE GROWTH;

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; COPPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALLURGY; MYCORRHIZAE; NICKEL; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; RUSSIA; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES;

FUNGI; ROOTS; TREES;

EURASIA; KOLA PENINSULA; MONCHEGORSK; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ARBUSCULAR; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; FUNGI; OLPIDIUM;

EID: 34247862193     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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