Still scratching the surface: How much of the 'black box' of soil ectomycorrhizal communities remains in the dark?

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1101-1105

  Pickles, Brian J ^a   Pither, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Diversity; Ectomycorrhizas; Meta analysis; Rooting depth; Soil depth

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ECTOMYCORRHIZAS; LETTER; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; ROOTING DEPTH; SOIL DEPTH;

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DIVERSITY; ECTOMYCORRHIZAS; META-ANALYSIS; ROOTING DEPTH; SOIL DEPTH;

ECOSYSTEM; MYCORRHIZAE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84893421167     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12616     Document Type: Letter

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