Ectomycorrhizal abundance and community composition shifts with drought: Predictions from tree rings

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1072-1084

  Swaty, Randy L ^a,b   Deckert, Ron J ^a   Whitham, Thomas G ^a   Gehring, Catherine A ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nat Conserv UP Conservation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona, USA (northern); Climate change effects; Community structure; Drought effects; Ectomycorrhizal fungi; Intermediate host plant stress hypothesis; Pinus edulis; Tree rings predict ectomycorrizal colonization

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DROUGHT; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; ROOT COLONIZATION; TREE RING;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FUNGI; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 7544232104     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0224     Document Type: Article

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