Moving beyond the black-box: Fungal traits, community structure, and carbon sequestration in forest soils

New Phytologist

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1378-1380

  Fernandez, Christopher W ^a   Kennedy, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Microbial black box; Mycorrhizal fungi; Soil organic matter; Traits

Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; TAIGA;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; MYCORRHIZAE; TAIGA;

EID: 84922779654     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13289     Document Type: Note

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