Grazing tolerance and mycorrhizal colonization: Effects of resource manipulation and plant size in biennial Gentianella campestris

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 206, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 808-813

  Piippo, Sari ^a   Huhta, Ari Pekka ^a   Rautio, Pasi ^a,b   Markkola, Annamari ^a   Tuomi, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Mycorrhizal symbiosis; Plant size; Simulated grazing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CLIPPING; COLONIZATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERB; LIGHT EFFECT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOMASS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGROWTH; SOIL NUTRIENT; SYMBIOSIS;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GENTIANELLA; GENTIANELLA CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 80052392199     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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