On the application of network theory to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-plant interactions: The importance of basic assumptions

New Phytologist

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 891-894

  Caruso, Tancredi ^a   Rillig, Matthias C ^a   Garlaschelli, Diego ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi; Co occurence matrix; Interaction matrix; Network theory; Plants

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; GLOMEROMYCOTA; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; GLOMEROMYCOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANTS;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 84860460704     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04163.x     Document Type: Letter

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