The relationship between the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and grazing in a meadow steppe

Plant and Soil

Volumn 352, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 143-156

  Ba, Lei ^a   Ning, Jiaxu ^a   Wang, Deli ^a   Facelli, Evelina ^b   Facelli, J M ^b   Yang, Yaning ^a   Zhang, Lichao ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Diversity; Grazing; Plant community character; Richness; Soil property

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FIELD SURVEY; GRAZING; GRAZING PRESSURE; MEADOW; PLANT COMMUNITY; ROOT COLONIZATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPORE; STEPPE;

ANIMALIA; ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LEYMUS CHINENSIS;

EID: 84863246636     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0985-6     Document Type: Article

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