Mycorrhizal networks counteract competitive effects of canopy trees on seedling survival

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2294-2302

  Booth, Michael G ^a   Hoeksema, Jason D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Common mycorrhizal network; Ectomycorrhizal fungi; Local adaptation; Monterey pine forest (California, USA); Pinus radiata; Seedling growth cf. seedling survival

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CANOPY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEMOGRAPHY; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MYCORRHIZA; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL WATER; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY;

ARTICLE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; SYMBIOSIS; TIME; TREE;

MYCORRHIZAE; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDLING; SYMBIOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

FUNGI; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 77955456291     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1139.1     Document Type: Article

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