The importance of soil microorganisms for maintaining diverse plant communities in tallgrass prairie

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1937-1943

  Fitzsimons, Michael S ^a,b   Miller, R Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Janzen connell; Microbially mediated feedback; Plant diversity

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; FITNESS; FUNGUS; GROWTH RESPONSE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUTUALISM; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 78649802139     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900237     Document Type: Article

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