Effects of arbuscular mycorrhiza on community composition and seedling recruitment in temperate forest understory

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 663-672

  Koorem, Kadri ^a   Saks, Ülle ^a   Sõber, Virve ^a,b   Uibopuu, Annika ^a   Öpik, Maarja ^a   Zobel, Martin ^a   Moora, Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

AM fungi; Benomyl; Seedling growth; Soil fertility; Soil heterogeneity; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; OXALIS; OXALIS ACETOSELLA; PRUNELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 84870414117     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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