Forests trapped in nitrogen limitation - an ecological market perspective on ectomycorrhizal symbiosis

New Phytologist

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 657-666

  Franklin, Oskar ^a   Näsholm, Torgny ^b   Högberg, Peter ^b   Högberg, Mona N ^b  

^a International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis IIASA   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Below ground; Elevated carbon dioxide; Game theory; Mutualism; Optimization; Pine; Trade; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GROWTH RATE; MUTUALISM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SYMBIOSIS;

FUNGI;

NITROGEN;

ECOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOREST; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SYMBIOSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ECOLOGY; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FORESTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84902532929     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12840     Document Type: Article

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