Specificity between Neotropical tree seedlings and their fungal mutualists leads to plant-soil feedback

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2594-2603

  Mangan, Scott A ^a,b   Herre, Edward A ^b   Bever, James D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF); Barro Colorado Island; Belowground interactions; Glomus spp; Light level; Panama; Plant fungal interactions; Plant soil feedback; Specificity; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; DICOTYLEDON; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOIL BIOTA; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; LIGHT; MICROBIOLOGY; MYRISTICACEAE; MYRTACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS; TILIACEAE; TIME; TREE;

ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; LIGHT; MYRISTICACEAE; MYRTACEAE; SEEDLING; SOIL; SPORES, FUNGAL; SYMBIOSIS; TILIACEAE; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

APEIBA; APEIBA ASPERA; ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GLOMUS; GLOMUS GEOSPORUM; LUEHEA; VIROLA; VIROLA SURINAMENSIS;

EID: 77956578535     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0396.1     Document Type: Article

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