Distribution and abundance of infective, soilborne Frankia and host symbionts Shepherdia, Alnus, and Myrica in a sand dune ecosystem

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 700-709

  Batzli, Janet McCray ^a,c   Zimpfer, Jeff F ^a   Huguet, Valérie ^b,d   Smyth, Charles A ^a   Fernandez, Maria ^b   Dawson, Jeffrey O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Actinorhizal; Canada buffalo berry; Frankia; Nitrogen fixation; Root nodules; Speckled alder; Sweet gale

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

SAND DUNES; TOPOGRAPHY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABUNDANCE; DUNE; FUNGUS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYMBIONT;

ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA; BETULACEAE; BUBALUS; FRANKIA; FUNGI; GALE; MYRICA; MYRICA GALE; MYRICACEAE; RHIZOBIACEAE; SHEPHERDIA; SHEPHERDIA CANADENSIS;

EID: 3543106781     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b04-044     Document Type: Article

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