No allelopathic effect of the dominant forest-floor lichen Cladonia stellaris on pine seedlings

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 435-441

  Kytöviita, Minna Maarit ^a   Stark, Sari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ectomycorrhiza; Pinus sylvestris; Symbiosis; Usnic acid

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FOREST FLOOR; GROWTH RESPONSE; LICHEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; REGENERATION; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SEEDLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

CLADONIA STELLARIS; FUNGI; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SUILLUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 62449171487     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01508.x     Document Type: Article

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