Hiding in a crowd - Does diversity facilitate persistence of a low-quality fungal partner in the mycorrhizal symbiosis?

Symbiosis

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-56

  Hart, Miranda M ^a   Forsythe, Jennifer ^a   Oshowski, Brian ^a   Bücking, Heike ^b   Jansa, Jan ^c   Kiers, E Toby ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Biodiversity; Cheaters; Common mycelial network; Host detection; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; FACILITATION; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GLOMUS; PLANTAGO;

EID: 84875213809     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: 18787665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13199-012-0197-8     Document Type: Article

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