Testing the ecological stability of ectomycorrhizal symbiosis: Effects of heat, ash and mycorrhizal colonization on Pinus muricata seedling performance

Plant and Soil

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 291-302

  Peay, Kabir G ^a,b   Bruns, Thomas D ^a,b   Garbelotto, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bishop pine; Competition; Cooperation; Economic model; Mutualism; Point Reyes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; HOST PLANT; MUTUALISM; ROOT COLONIZATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING; SYMBIOSIS; WILDFIRE;

FUNGI; PINUS MURICATA; RHIZOPOGON OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 77950339954     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0200-1     Document Type: Article

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