Spatial variability of phyllosphere fungal assemblages: Genetic distance predominates over geographic distance in a European beech stand (Fagus sylvatica)

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 509-520

  Cordier, Tristan ^a,b   Robin, Cécile ^a,b   Capdevielle, Xavier ^a,b   Desprez Loustau, Marie Laure ^a,b   Vacher, Corinne ^a,b  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

454 Pyrosequencing; Community genetics; Endophyte; Epiphyte; Fagus; Fungal community; Molecular fingerprint; Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer; Phyllosphere; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FUNGI;

EID: 84864101999     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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