Mycorrhizal status of obligate and facultative epiphytic ferns in a valdivian temperate forest of Patagonia, Argentina

American Fern Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-26

  Fernández, Natalia ^a   Fontenla, Sonia ^a   Messuti, María Inés ^b  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM); dark septate fungi (DSF); epiphytes; ferns; patagonia

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR; FILICOPHYTA; FUNGI; HYMENOPHYLLUM;

EID: 77953791658     PISSN: 00028444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1640/0002-8444-100.1.16     Document Type: Article

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