Sclerotia as indicators of mid-Holocene tree-limit altitude, Colorado Front Range, USA
Studies in the Front Range of north-central Colorado have shown that sclerotia of Cenococcum geophilum, a common ectomycorrhizal fungus, are larger beneath spruce-fir-forest and tree-island vegetation than beneath tundra grasses and herbs. The presence, in alpine-tundra soils, of C. geophilum sclero...
Published in: | The Holocene |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2011
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683610395078 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683610395078 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0959683610395078 |