Spatial heterogeneity in mycorrhizal populations and communities: Scales and mechanisms

Mycorrhizas - Functional Processes and Ecological Impact

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 167-185

  Wolfe, Benjamin E ^a   Parrent, Jeri L ^b   Koch, Alexander M ^b   Sikes, Benjamin A ^b   Gardes, Monique ^c   Klironomos, John N ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-87978-7_12     Document Type: Chapter

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