Communities, populations and individuals of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

New Phytologist

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 253-266

  Rosendahl, Søren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arbuscular; Clonality; Evolution; Mycorrhiza; Population genetics; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CLONE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; RECOMBINATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CLASSIFICATION; MYCORRHIZAE; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GLOMEROMYCOTA;

EID: 41149175562     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02378.x     Document Type: Review

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