Arbuscular mycorrhizas: Drivers or passengers of alien plant invasion

Botanical Review

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-417

  Shah, Manzoor A ^a   Reshi, Zafar A ^a   Khasa, Damase P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi; Herbivory; Negative Feedback; Plant Invasion; Positive Feedback

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 72049096872     PISSN: 00068101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12229-009-9039-7     Document Type: Article

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