Do compensatory shoot growth and mycorrhizal symbionts act as competing above- and below-ground sinks after simulated grazing?

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-42

  Piippo, Sari ^a   Markkola, Annamari ^a   Härmä, Esa ^a   Tuomi, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gentianella; Grazing; Meadow habitat; Mycorrhizal symbiosis; Shading

Indexed keywords

CLIPPING; COLONIZATION; COMPENSATION; ENDOPHYTE; FLOWERING; FUNGUS; GRAZING; HOST PLANT; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MEADOW; MYCORRHIZA; PHYTOMASS; REGROWTH; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; ROOT SYSTEM; SHADING; SHOOT GROWTH;

ARBUSCULAR; GENTIANA; GENTIANELLA; GENTIANELLA AMARELLA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 78651434933     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9799-5     Document Type: Article

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