Grassland invaders and their mycorrhizal symbionts: A study across climate and invasion gradients

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 794-805

  Bunn, Rebecca A ^a   Lekberg, Ylva ^b,c   Gallagher, Christopher ^a   Rosendahl, Søren ^d   Ramsey, Philip W ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MPG Ranch   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

454 sequencing; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Centaurea stoebe; Community structure; Plant invasion; Plant soil interactions; Potentilla recta

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896263345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.917     Document Type: Article

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