Root fungus colonization along an altitudinal gradient in North Norway

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-243

  Ruotsalainen, A L ^a   Vare H ^b   Oksanen, J ^a   Tuomi, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ELEVATION; FUNGUS; RHIZOSPHERE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

FUNGI; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS; RANUNCULUS GLACIALIS; SAXIFRAGA; SAXIFRAGA AIZOIDES; SIBBALDIA PROCUMBENS; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO VIRGAUREA; TRIENTALIS EUROPAEA; VIOLA BIFLORA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 9944233123     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2004)036[0239:RFCAAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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