Mycorrhizal networks: Mechanisms, ecology and modelling

Fungal Biology Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-60

  Simard, Suzanne W ^a   Beiler, Kevin J ^b   Bingham, Marcus A ^a   Deslippe, Julie R ^c   Philip, Leanne J ^d   Teste, François P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ascomycota; Basidiomycota; Carbon transfer; Complex adaptive systems; Diversity; Evolution; Glomeromycota; Mycoheterotrophy; Stability

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; GLOMEROMYCOTA; MYCELIUM (GENUS);

EID: 84859514160     PISSN: 17494613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2012.01.001     Document Type: Review

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