Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonize decomposing leaves of Myrica parvifolia, M. pubescens and Paepalanthus sp.

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 221-228

  Aristizábal, Catalina ^a   Rivera, Emma Lucía ^b   Janos, David P ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Leaf litter; Nutrient cycling; Root proliferation; Tropical montane ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; ERIOCAULACEAE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; MYRICACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT;

COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; ERIOCAULACEAE; HYPHAE; MYCORRHIZAE; MYRICA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

FUNGI; MYRICA; MYRICACEAE; PAEPALANTHUS;

EID: 4544347704     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-003-0259-0     Document Type: Article

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