Plant–fungus competition for nitrogen erases mycorrhizal growth benefits of Andropogon gerardii under limited nitrogen supply

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 4332-4346

  Püschel, David ^a,b   Janoušková, Martina ^a,b   Hujslová, Martina ^a   Slavíková, Renata ^a   Gryndlerová, Hana ^a   Jansa, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; belowground carbon drain; inoculation; mycorrhizal benefits and costs; nutrient uptake response; shoot nitrogen to phosphorus ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027921346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2207     Document Type: Article

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