Host plant quality mediates competition between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue , 2016, Pages 233-240

  Knegt, Bram ^a,b   Jansa, Jan ^c   Franken, Oscar ^b   Engelmoer, Daniel J P ^b   Werner, Gijsbert D A ^b   Bücking, Heike ^d   Kiers, E Toby ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^d SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological market; Competitive exclusion; Cooperation; Mutualism; Preferential allocation; Priority effects; QPCR; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960124710     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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