Arbuscular mycorrhizas and performance of Polylepis australis trees in relation to livestock density

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2676-2682

  Menoyo, Eugenia ^a   Renison, Daniel ^b   Becerra, Alejandra G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Mycorrhizal colonization; Polylepis woodlands; Soil degradation

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL COLONIZATIONS; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAS; ARGENTINA; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; FOREST RESTORATION; HIGH ALTITUDE; INDIRECT EFFECTS; LIVESTOCK DENSITY; LIVESTOCK GRAZING; MYCORRHIZAL COLONIZATION; PLANT PERFORMANCE; POLYLEPIS AUSTRALIS; POLYLEPIS WOODLANDS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SPORE NUMBERS; TREE SPECIES;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BENCHMARKING; CONSERVATION; DEGRADATION; ECONOMICS; FUNGI; SOILS;

AGRICULTURE;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRAZING PRESSURE; LIVESTOCK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOIL DEGRADATION; WOODLAND;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; POLYLEPIS; POLYLEPIS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 70350757533     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.09.031     Document Type: Article

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