Symbiotic options for the conquest of land

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 477-486

  Field, Katie J ^a   Pressel, Silvia ^b   Duckett, Jeffrey G ^b   Rimington, William R ^b,c,d   Bidartondo, Martin I ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fungi; Mutualism; Mycorrhiza; Paleobotany; Plant evolution; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; COLONIZATION; CYTOLOGY; FUNGUS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTUALISM; MYCORRHIZA; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBOTANY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EMBRYOPHYTA; FOSSILS; FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84940467359     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.05.007     Document Type: Review

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