Fine-scale diversity and distribution of ectomycorrhizal fungal mycelium in a Scots pine forest

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1423-1430

  Anderson, Ian C ^a,b   Genney, David R ^b,c   Alexander, Ian J ^c  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ectomycorrhiza; Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) mycelium; Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris); Spatial ecology; Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T RFLP)

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATABASE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPORE;

FUNGI; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ECTOMYCORRHIZAL (ECM) MYCELIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCELIUM; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCOTS PINE; SCOTS PINE (PINUS SYLVESTRIS); SOIL; SPATIAL ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM (T-RFLP); TREE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ECTOMYCORRHIZAL (ECM) MYCELIUM; SCOTS PINE (PINUS SYLVESTRIS); SPATIAL ECOLOGY; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM (T-RFLP);

BIODIVERSITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; MYCELIUM; MYCORRHIZAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCOTLAND; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84893353748     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12637     Document Type: Article

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