Influence of host species on ectomycorrhizal communities associated with two co-occurring oaks (Quercus spp.) in a tropical cloud forest

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 274-287

  Morris, Melissa H ^c   Pérez Pérez, Miguel A ^a   Smith, Matthew E ^b   Bledsoe, Caroline S ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b Harvard University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectomycorrhizal communities; Host preference; Huizteco; Quercus crassifolia; Quercus laurina; Tropical cloud forest

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA; RNA 28S;

CLOUD FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; HOST PREFERENCE; MONTANE FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OAK; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSULACEAE; SEBACINALES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYNECOLOGY; THELEPHORACEAE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

FUNGI; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CRASSIFOLIA; QUERCUS LAURINA; QUERCUS RUBRA; RUSSULACEAE; SEBACINALES; THELEPHORACEAE;

EID: 67650505342     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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