Root fungal symbionts interact with mammalian herbivory, soil nutrient availability and specific habitat conditions

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 807-817

  Ruotsalainen, Anna L ^a   Eskelinen, Anu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Carbon limitation; Dark septate endophytes; Grazing; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GRAZING; HERB; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ROOT COLONIZATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; TUNDRA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINLAND; FOOD CHAIN; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; SOLIDAGO; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINLAND; FOOD CHAIN; FUNGI; MAMMALS; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOLIDAGO; SYMBIOSIS;

ARBUSCULAR; DICOTYLEDONEAE; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO VIRGAUREA;

EID: 79958744395     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1928-x     Document Type: Article

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