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Community ecology of ectomycorrhizal fungi: an advancing interdisciplinary field

  1. Anders Dahlberg*

Article first published online: 21 DEC 2001

DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2001.00142.x

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New Phytologist

New Phytologist

Volume 150, Issue 3, pages 555–562, June 2001

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Dahlberg, A. (2001), Community ecology of ectomycorrhizal fungi: an advancing interdisciplinary field. New Phytologist, 150: 555–562. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2001.00142.x

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  1. Department of Forest Mycology and Pathology, PO Box 7026, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-750 07 Uppsala, SWEDEN

*Author for correspondence: Tel: +46 (0) 18 67 27 94 Fax: +46 (0) 18 30 92 45 Email:Anders.dahlberg@mykopat.slu.se

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  1. Issue published online: 21 DEC 2001
  2. Article first published online: 21 DEC 2001
  3. Received: 13 December 2000 Accepted: 16 February 2001

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