Mycorrhizas and the terrestrial carbon cycle: Roles in global carbon sequestration and plant community composition

Fungi in the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 161-184

  Leake, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511541797.009     Document Type: Chapter

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