Unlocking environmental keys to host specificity: Differential tolerance of acidity and nitrate byAlnus-associated ectomycorrhizal fungi

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue C, 2014, Pages 52-61

  Huggins, Julia A ^a   Talbot, Jennifer ^b   Gardes, Monique ^c   Kennedy, Peter G ^a,d  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidity; Alnus; Community assembly; Ectomycorrhizal fungi; Environmental filter; Host specificity; Nitrate; Pure culture

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; FUNGI;

EID: 84927176434     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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