Pathways for below-ground carbon transfer between paper birch and Douglas-fir seedlings

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-233

  Philip, Leanne ^a   Simard, Suzanne ^a   Jones, Melanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon transfer; Ectomycorrhizae; Mycorrhizal networks; Pulse labelling; Transfer pathways

Indexed keywords

BETULA PAPYRIFERA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 79955563192     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2010.502564     Document Type: Article

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