Deciphering the relative contributions of multiple functions within plant-microbe symbioses

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1591-1597

  Sikes, B A ^a   Powell, Jeff R ^b   Rillig, Matthias C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Microbial symbiosis; Multifunctionality; Mycorrhizal dependency; Net effects; Nutrient uptake; Pathogen protection

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; DATA SET; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PATHOGEN; PHYTOMASS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 77953241651     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1858.1     Document Type: Article

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