Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization on ecological functional traits of ephemerals in the Gurbantonggut desert

Symbiosis

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 121-127

  Sun, Y ^a   Li, X L ^a   Feng, G ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anthesis; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Dzungar basin; Ephemeral; Reproductive growth; Spring ephemeral; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; DESERT; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLOWERING; GROWTH RESPONSE; REPRODUCTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GURBANTONGGUT DESERT; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ARBUSCULAR; ERODIUM; FUNGI; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; GLOMUS MOSSEAE; PLANTAGO;

EID: 47349116044     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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