Forces that structure plant communities: Quantifying the importance of the mycorrhizal symbiosis

New Phytologist

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 366-370

  Klironomos, John ^a   Zobel, Martin ^b   Tibbett, Mark ^c   Stock, William D ^d   Rillig, Matthias C ^e   Parrent, Jeri L ^f   Moora, Mari ^b   Koch, Alexander M ^a   Facelli, José M ^g   Facelli, Evelina ^g   Dickie, Ian A ^h   Bever, James D ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^h LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

ⁱ INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Experimental design; Mycorrhizal symbiosis; Plant community; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SYMBIOSIS;

ECOSYSTEM; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 78650319989     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03550.x     Document Type: Letter

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