Liverworts to the rescue: an investigation of their efficacy as mycorrhizal inoculum for vascular plants

Functional Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1014-1023

  Kowal, Jill ^a,b   Pressel, Silvia ^c   Duckett, Jeffrey G ^c   Bidartondo, Martin I ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cephalozia; Ericaceae; ericoid mycorrhiza; heathland; leafy liverworts; Pezoloma ericae; plant fungus interactions; plant soil (below ground) interactions; restoration ecology; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

DECOLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; HEATHLAND; LIVERWORT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; VASCULAR PLANT; WATERLOGGING;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CEPHALOZIA; CEPHALOZIA CONNIVENS; CEPHALOZIACEAE; CEPHALOZIELLACEAE; ERICA TETRALIX; ERICACEAE; ERICALES; FUNGI; LEPIDOZIACEAE; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; SCHISTOCHILACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84949266825     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12580     Document Type: Article

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