Independent recruitment of saprotrophic fungi as mycorrhizal partners by tropical achlorophyllous orchids

New Phytologist

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 668-681

  Martos, Florent ^a,b   Dulormne, Maguy ^c,d   Pailler, Thierry ^b   Bonfante, Paola ^e   Faccio, Antonella ^e   Fournel, Jacques ^b   Dubois, Marie Pierre ^a   Selosse, Marc André ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^c Conservatoire Botanique des Antilles Françaises ^*  (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mycoheterotrophy; Mycorrhizas; Orchids; Rainforests; Saprotrophic fungi; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CARBON ISOTOPE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FOOD CHAIN; FUNGUS; LEAF LITTER; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHYLOGENETICS; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SAPROTROPHY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; FOOD CHAIN; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; GASTRODIA; GYMNOPUS; HYMENOCHAETALES; MYCENA; ORCHIDACEAE; RESINICIUM; WULLSCHLAEGELIA APHYLLA;

EID: 70350126235     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02987.x     Document Type: Article

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