Ecological specialization in mycorrhizal symbiosis leads to rarity in an endangered orchid

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3226-3242

  Swarts, Nigel D ^a   Sinclair, Elizabeth A ^a   Francis, Anthony ^b   Dixon, Kingsley W ^a,c  

^a BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caladenia; Conservation; DNA sequencing; Ecological specialization; Orchid mycorrhiza; Phylogeny; Rarity; Specifity

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, FUNGAL; GERMINATION; MYCORRHIZAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CALADENIA; FUNGI; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 77954857885     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04736.x     Document Type: Article

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