Arbuscular mycorrhizae from semiarid regions of Namibia

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 645-653

  Uhlmann, Elisabeth ^a   Görke, Claudia ^a   Petersen, Andreas ^b   Oberwinkler, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizae; Molecular identification; Namibia

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY; RAIN; SOILS; VEGETATION;

LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SEMIARID REGIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 3543111515     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b04-039     Document Type: Article

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