Ericaceous plant-fungus network in a harsh alpine-subalpine environment

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 3242-3257

  Toju, Hirokazu ^a   Tanabe, A S ^b   Ishii, H S ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN FISHERIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ericoid mycorrhizae; Host specificity; Illumina miseq; Nestedness; Network theory; Plant soil feedback

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; COLD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ERICACEAE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT ROOT; SYMBIOSIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; COLD TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ERICACEAE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; JAPAN; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANT ROOTS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 85045757348     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13680     Document Type: Article

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