Vegetation and soil environment influence the spatial distribution of root-associated fungi in a mature beech-maple forest

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7639-7648

  Burke, David J ^a,b   López Gutiérrez, Juan C ^a,b   Smemo, Kurt A ^a,b   Chan, Charlotte R ^a  

^a Holden Arboretum   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEECH-MAPLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL SPECIES; MATURE FOREST; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MYCORRHIZAL FUNGUS; PLANT COVERAGE; PLANT-SOIL INTERACTIONS; RAPID TEMPORAL CHANGE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL ENVIRONMENT; SOIL PH; SOIL PHOSPHOROUS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL SCALE; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; TREE DIAMETER; TREE ROOT;

FORESTRY; FUNGI; PHOSPHORUS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ABUNDANCE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FUNGUS; MYCORRHIZA; ROOT COLONIZATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ACER; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, FUNGAL; ECOSYSTEM; FAGUS; FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE; OHIO; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

FORESTRY; FUNGI; PHOSPHORUS; SOCIOLOGY; SOIL; SURVEYS;

ACER; FAGUS; FUNGI;

EID: 73249143864     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01648-09     Document Type: Article

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