Mycorrhizal ecology

Author(s)

• Heijden, Marcel G. A. van der
• Sanders, Ian R.

Bibliographic Information

Mycorrhizal ecology

M.G.A. van der Heijden, I.R. Sanders (eds.)

（Ecological studies : analysis and synthesis, v. 157）

Springer, c2002

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

There is increasing awareness among biologists that mutualistic interactions play a key role in natural communities. One of the best-known examples of a mutualistic interaction is the mycorrhizal symbiosis formed between soil fungi and the majority of plants. These symbioses are present in almost all terrestrial ecosystems and yet, until recently, their contributions to the functioning of those ecosystems have been poorly understood. This multi-authored book gives an overview of recent advances and breakthroughs. The contributions of all the major mycorrhizal types to plant population biology, multitrophic interactions, biological diversity, ecosystem functioning, global change and evolution are given. This volume shows that collaboration in the rhizosphere is essential for plants, microbes, plant communities and ecosystems. It has been written with ecologists in mind, giving them easy access to an understanding of how these important interactions could shape our ecosystems.

Table of Contents

• Towards Ecological Relevance - Progress and Pitfalls in the Path Towards an Understanding of Mycorrhizal Functions in Nature
• Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes Within and Between Mycorrhizal Plants
• Function and Diversity of AM in Carbon and Mineral Nutrition
• Foraging and Resource Allocation Strategies of Mycorrhizal Fungi in a Patchy Environment
• The Role of Various Types of Mycorrhizal Fungi in Nutrient Cycling and Plant Competition
• Global Change and Mycorrhizal Fungi
• Diversity of Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Relation to the Abiotic Environment
• Genetic Studies of the Structure and Diversity of Arbuscular Fungal Communities
• Diversity of AM Fungi and Ecosystem Functioning
• AM Fungi as a Determinant of Plant Diversity: In Search for Underlying Mechanisms and General Principles
• Dynamics Within the Plant-AM Fungal Mutualism: Testing the Nature of Community Feedback
• Mycorrhizae-Herbivore Interactions: Population and Community Consequences
• etc.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA56538503
• ISBN:
  • 3540424075
• Country Code: gw
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berlin ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xxiv, 469 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00492339