Birch effects on root fungal colonisation of crowberry are uniform along different environmental gradients

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 459-467

  Ruotsalainen, A L ^a,b   Markkola, A M ^a   Kozlov, M V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii; Elevation; Ericoid mycorrhiza; Facilitation; Kola peninsula; Pollution; Seashore

Indexed keywords

BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; EMPETRUM; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; FUNGI;

EID: 77955428667     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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