Mycorrhizal community resilience in response to experimental plant functional type removals in a woody ecosystem

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1291-1301

  Urcelay, Carlos ^a   Díaz, Sandra ^a   Gurvich, Diego E ^a   Chapin Iii, F Stuart ^b   Cuevas, Elvira ^c   Domínguez, Laura S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Argentina; Biomass ratio hypothesis; Community reduction experiment; Functional diversity; Plant functional types; Plant traits; Removal experiment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FORAGE; FUNGUS; MYCORRHIZA; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; RESOURCE USE; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPORE;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 70349931096     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01582.x     Document Type: Article

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