Relationships among arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, vascular plants and environmental conditions in oak savannas

New Phytologist

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 493-504

  Landis, Frank C ^a   Gargas, Andrea ^a   Givnish, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizas (AMF); Community composition; Environmental gradients; Glomalean fungi; Oak savannas; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNGUS; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WISCONSIN; WORLD;

FUNGI; GLOMERALES; QUERCUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 9244236620     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01202.x     Document Type: Article

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