Reciprocal carbon and nitrogen transfer between an ericaceous dwarf shrub and fungi isolated from Piceirhiza bicolorata ectomycorrhizas

New Phytologist

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 359-366

  Grelet, Gwen Aëlle ^a,b   Johnson, David ^a   Paterson, Eric ^b   Anderson, Ian C ^b,c   Alexander, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ectomycorrhiza; Ericoid mycorrhiza; Hymenoscyphus ericae aggregate; Meliniomyces spp.; Piceirhiza bicolorata; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROCOSM; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OVERSTORY; SHRUB; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

CONIFERALES; FUNGI; PICEIRHIZA BICOLORATA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RHIZOSCYPHUS ERICAE COMPLEX; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITACEAE;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ASCOMYCETES; GENETICS; LINGONBERRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT LEAF;

ASCOMYCOTA; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHYLOGENY; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA;

EID: 63449116115     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02813.x     Document Type: Article

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