Plant species differ in their ability to reduce allocation to non-beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 711-718

  Grman, Emily ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF); C3 grass; C4 grass; Cheaters; Mutualism parasitism continuum; Sanctions

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; WATER;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; FUNGUS; GRASS; MUTUALISM; PARASITISM; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOMASS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROOT COLONIZATION; SOIL NUTRIENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

CARBON; MYCORRHIZAE; PHOSPHORUS; POACEAE; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; WATER;

ANDROPOGON GERARDII; ARBUSCULAR; BROMUS INERMIS; ELYMUS REPENS; FUNGI; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 84861365962     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1358.1     Document Type: Article

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