Specificity and resilience in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of a natural woodland community

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 623-630

  Helgason, Thorunn ^a   Merryweather, James W ^a   Young, J Peter W ^a   Fitter, Alastair H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ajuga reptans; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Glomeromycota; Host range; Phosphorous; SSUrDNA

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; HOST PLANT; HOST RANGE; HOST SPECIFICITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; ROOT COLONIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND;

AJUGA; AJUGA REPTANS; ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GLOMEROMYCOTA;

EID: 34247896251     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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