Linking root traits to nutrient foraging in arbuscular mycorrhizal trees in a temperate forest

New Phytologist

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 114-124

  Eissenstat, David M ^a   Kucharski, Joshua M ^a   Zadworny, Marcin ^a,b   Adams, Thomas S ^a   Koide, Roger T ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF DENDROLOGY   (Poland)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) colonization; Localized fertilization; Nutrient patches; Root diameter; Root proliferation; Root traits; Specific root length (SRL)

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIAMETER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FINE ROOT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ROOT COLONIZATION; ROOT SYSTEM; TEMPERATE FOREST;

FUNGI;

FERTILIZER; SOIL;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOSPERM; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; TREE;

ANGIOSPERMS; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FERTILIZERS; FORESTS; FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

EID: 84940467454     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13451     Document Type: Article

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