Mycorrhizal colonisation of mountain birch (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii) along three environmental gradients: Does life in harsh environments alter plant-fungal relationships?

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 215-232

  Ruotsalainen, A L ^a,c   Markkola, A M ^b   Kozlov, M V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Department of Biology ^*  (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Altitude; Ectomycorrhiza; Environmental stress; Kola Peninsula; Pollution; Seashore

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGI; LANDFORMS; PORPHYRINS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALTITUDE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; KOLA PENINSULA; SEASHORE;

STRESSES;

CHITIN;

CHLOROPHYLL; COLONIZATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGUS;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIRCH; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POLLUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASHORE; SPECIES HABITAT; TAXONOMY;

BETULA; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANT ROOTS; RUSSIA;

EURASIA; KOLA PENINSULA; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; CENOCOCCUM GEOPHILUM; FUNGI;

EID: 58049141212     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0152-y     Document Type: Article

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