Enzymatic activities and stable isotope patterns of ectomycorrhizal fungi in relation to phylogeny and exploration types in an afrotropical rain forest

New Phytologist

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 832-843

  Tedersoo, Leho ^a,b   Naadel, Triin ^b   Bahram, Mohammad ^b   Pritsch, Karin ^c   Buegger, Franz ^c   Leal, Miguel ^d   Kõljalg, Urmas ^a   Põldmaa, Kadri ^a  

^a University of Tartu Natural History Museum   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Degradation enzymes; Ectomycorrhiza (ECM) lineages; Laccase; Nitrogen cycling

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; RAIN;

AFROTROPIC ECOZONE; CARBON ISOTOPE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUITING; FUNGUS; HOST PLANT; MORPHOTYPE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RAINFOREST; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HORIZON; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUITING BODY; GABON; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYLOGENY; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CARBON ISOTOPES; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; GABON; ISOTOPE LABELING; MERISTEM; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHYLOGENY; RAIN; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

FUNGI;

EID: 84864566836     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04217.x     Document Type: Article

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