Effect of different root endophytic fungi on plant community structure in experimental microcosms

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 8149-8158

  Aguilar Trigueros, Carlos A ^a,b   Rillig, Matthias C ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

Author keywords

endophytic Fusarium; plant community structure; root endophytic fungi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991666074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2416     Document Type: Article

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