Nitrogen isotopes link mycorrhizal fungi and plants to nitrogen dynamics

New Phytologist

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 367-382

  Hobbie, Erik A ^a   Högberg, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal; Ectomycorrhizal fungi; Ericoid mycorrhizal; Global patterns; Nonmycorrhizal

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARASITIC PLANT; SYMBIONT;

CHEMISTRY; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT; REVIEW; SOIL;

HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANTS; SOIL;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84866370306     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04300.x     Document Type: Review

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