Molecular Characterization of Endophytic Fungal Colonizers of Plant Roots: A Comparison between the Aggressive Invasives Vincetoxicum rossicum, Alliaria petiolata, and Local Native Plant Species

Soil fungi play an important role in regulating plant communities as well as above and below ground ecosystem-level processes; conversely, plant communities may also affect the structure and functionality of these root-associating fungi. Alteration of these fungal communities due to non-native plan...

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Main Author: Bongard, Cynthia Lee
Other Authors: Fulthorpe, Roberta
Language:en_ca
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/35779