Direct and indirect influences of 8yr of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on Glomeromycota in an alpine meadow ecosystem

New Phytologist

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 523-535

  Liu, Yongjun ^a,b   Shi, Guoxi ^a   Mao, Lin ^a   Cheng, Gang ^a   Jiang, Shengjing ^a   Ma, Xiaojun ^a   An, Lizhe ^a   Du, Guozhen ^a   Collins Johnson, Nancy ^c   Feng, Huyuan ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH MINZU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow ecosystem; Elymus nutans; Fertilization; Functional equilibrium; Mycorrhiza; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ABUNDANCE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DOMINANCE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FUNGUS; GRASS; MEADOW; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ELYMUS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GLOMEROMYCOTA; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ELYMUS; FERTILIZERS; GLOMEROMYCOTA; HYPHAE; LINEAR MODELS; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL; TIBET;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ARBUSCULAR; ELYMUS; ELYMUS NUTANS; FUNGI; GLOMEROMYCOTA;

EID: 84862777236     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04050.x     Document Type: Article

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