Mycorrhizal associations in ferns from southern Ecuador

American Fern Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 292-306

  Lehnert, Marcus ^a   Kottke, Ingrid ^b   Setaro, Sabrina ^b   Pazmiño, Linda F ^c   Suárez, Juan Pablo ^c   Kessler, Michael ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Andes; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF); Ascomycetes; Dark septate endophytes (DSE); Grammitid ferns; Hymenophyllaceae; Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM)

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR; ASCOMYCOTA; DRYOPTERIDACEAE; ELAPHOGLOSSUM; FILICOPHYTA; FUNGI; HYMENOPHYLLACEAE; HYMENOPHYLLUM; POLYPODIACEAE;

EID: 77950255199     PISSN: 00028444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1640/0002-8444-99.4.292     Document Type: Article

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