Physiological ecology of mycoheterotrophy

New Phytologist

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 601-605

  Leake, Jonathan R ^a   Cameron, Duncan D ^a  

^a Alfred Denny Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionary physiology; Fungal metabolites; Metabolic pathways; Parasitism; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; HETEROTROPHY; LETTER; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; EVOLUTION; FUNGI; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

EID: 74549140357     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03153.x     Document Type: Letter

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