The role of locally adapted mycorrhizas and rhizobacteria in plant–soil feedback systems

Functional Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1086-1098

  Revillini, Daniel ^a   Gehring, Catherine A ^a   Johnson, Nancy Collins ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

arbuscular mycorrhiza; co adaptation; drought; ectomycorrhiza; local adaptation; nitrogen deposition; optimal allocation; plant growth promoting bacteria

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COEVOLUTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH REGULATOR; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SYMBIOSIS;

FUNGI; RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 84964388924     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12668     Document Type: Article

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