Network formation by rhizomorphs of Armillaria lutea in natural soil: Their description and ecological significance

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-232

  Lamour, Angelique ^b   Termorshuizen, Aad J ^b   Volker, Dine ^b   Jeger, Michael J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Armillaria rhizomorphs; Connectedness; Ecological persistence; Graph theory; Network structure; Robustness

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; FUNGUS; MAPPING METHOD; ROOT;

ARMILLARIA LUTEA; ARTICLE; GAS EXCHANGE; NONHUMAN; PINE; PLANT; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SPRUCE;

AGARICALES; ECOSYSTEM; MYCORRHIZAE; PINUS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ARMILLARIA; ARMILLARIA LUTEA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 35349017939     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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