Attributing functions to ectomycorrhizal fungal identities in assemblages for nitrogen acquisition under stress

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 321-330

  Pena, Rodica ^a   Polle, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N labeling; Beech (Fagus sylvatica); Drought; Modeling; Mycorrhiza; Shade

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FUNGUS; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ROOT COLONIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FUNGI;

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BEECH; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; FAGUS; FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT ROOTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84892950471     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.158     Document Type: Article

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