Convergence in mycorrhizal fungal communities due to drought, plant competition, parasitism, and susceptibility to herbivory: Consequences for fungi and host plants

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Gehring, Catherine A ^a   Mueller, Rebecca C ^a,b   Haskins, Kristin E ^a,c   Rubow, Tine K ^a   Whitham, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Arboretum at Flagstaff   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community convergence; Community disassembly; Competition; Drought; Ectomycorrhizal fungi; Herbivory; Mistletoe parasitism

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOTIC STRESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORTINARIUS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROUGHT; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOLOGY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GEOPORA; HERBIVORY; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS MONOSPERMA; LACTARIUS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MYCORRHIZA; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PINE; PINUS EDULIS; PINYON PINE; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RHIZOPOGON; RUSSULA; SYMBIOSIS; TOMENTELLA; TRICHOLOMA;

EID: 84904888854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00306     Document Type: Article

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