Slowed decomposition is biotically mediated in an ectomycorrhizal, tropical rain forest

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 785-795

  McGuire, Krista L ^a,b   Zak, Donald R ^a   Edwards, Ivan P ^a   Blackwood, Christopher B ^a,c   Upchurch, Rima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Fungi; Guyana; Monodominance; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIODEGRADATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECOMPOSITION; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LITTER; MIXED FOREST; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARENT MATERIAL; RAINFOREST; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRUCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MYCORRHIZAE; PICEA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

GUYANA;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICYMBE CORYMBOSA; FUNGI;

EID: 77958019108     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1686-1     Document Type: Article

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