Mycorrhizal traits and plant communities: Perspectives for integration

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1126-1132

  Moora, Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Biotic interactions; Community means of functional traits; Community mycorrhization; MycoFlor; Mycorrhizal dependency; Mycorrhizal flexibility; Mycorrhizal status; Mycorrhizal type; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919388864     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12177     Document Type: Article

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