Mycorrhizal status and arbuscular mycorrizal fungal diversity of endangered plant species in the Sierra Nevada National Park

The Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Mediterranean Environment: Importance in Ecosystem Stability and in Soil Rehabilitation Strategies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 49-70

  Azcón Aguilar, Concepción ^a   Palenzuela, Javier ^a   Ferrol, Nuria ^a   Oehl, Fritz ^b   Barea, José Miguel ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM); Dark septate endophytes (DSE); Endangered plant species; Endemisms; Glomeromycota; High mediterranean mountains; Mycorrhizal fungi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885942401     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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