Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in degraded typical steppe of inner Mongolia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-54

  Tian, H ^a   Gai, J P ^a   Zhang, J L ^a   Christie, P ^a,b   Li, X L ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Diversity; Grassland degradation; Mongolia; Spore communities

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; DIVERSITY; GRASSLAND DEGRADATION; MONGOLIA; SPORE COMMUNITIES;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; DEGRADATION; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; SOILS;

FUNGI;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; DIVERSITY INDEX; GRASSLAND; LAND DEGRADATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPORE; STEPPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GLOMUS AGGREGATUM; GLOMUS GEOSPORUM; SCUTELLOSPORA CALOSPORA;

EID: 68649127932     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.876     Document Type: Article

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