Host and tissue variations overshadow the response of boreal moss-associated fungal communities to increased nitrogen load

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 571-588

  Davey, Marie L ^a,b   Skogen, Marte J ^a   Heegaard, Einar ^c   Halvorsen, Rune ^b   Kauserud, Håvard ^b   Ohlson, Mikael ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

biodiversity; bryophilous fungi; Dicranum scoparium; Hylocomium splendens; nitrogen fertilization; Pleurozium schreberi

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

CLASSIFICATION; FOREST; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSS; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN CYCLE; NORWAY; TREE;

BRYOPHYTA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FORESTS; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; NORWAY; TREES;

EID: 85010858506     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13938     Document Type: Article

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