Low diversity and high host preference of ectomycorrhizal fungi in Western Amazonia, a neotropical biodiversity hotspot

ISME Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-471

  Tedersoo, Leho ^a,b   Sadam, Ave ^a   Zambrano, Milton ^c   Valencia, Renato ^c   Bahram, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Coccoloba (Polygonaceae); Community structure; Guapira; Neea (Nyctaginaceae); Spatial autocorrelation; Yasuni national park

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

AUTOCORRELATION; BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST PREFERENCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYMBIONT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECUADOR; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECUADOR; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ECUADOR; NAPO [ECUADOR]; YASUNI NATIONAL PARK;

COCCOLOBA; FUNGI; GUAPIRA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NEEA; NYCTAGINACEAE; POLYGONACEAE;

EID: 77950065721     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.131     Document Type: Article

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