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Project ID:17 | Module:2 | Status: finished
Landscape diversity determined from below ground: the significance of endomycorrhiza

                           
Contact: Prof. Andres Wiemken
Hebelstrasse 1
4056 Basel
e-mail: andres.wiemken@unibas.ch
Phone/Fax: 061 267 23 11 / Fax: 061 267 23 30
Web: http://www.unibas.ch/bothebel/

Study areas: Ramosch (GR), Pany (GR), Grindelwald (BE)

Project partners: Otto Hauenstein Samen AG, Biberist

Summary:

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are a major component of the soil biota in virtually all terrestrial ecosystems. Through their intricate hyphal network, AM fungi can facilitate mineral nutrient uptake of their symbiotic partners, the higher plan...  ->read more


Description:
How do fungi in the soil influence landscape diversity?

Endomycorrhiza in the soil play an important role in the biodiversity, and thus the landscape diversity in the Alps. Above all, the herbs which are so characteristic of the colour...  ->read more

Other publications
and activities:
Poster:Landscape diversity determined from below ground: the significance of endomycorrhiza [Andres Wiemken, (English)]
Abstract:Landscape diversity determined from below ground: the signification of endomycorrhiza [Andres Wiemken, Thomas Boller, Kurt Ineichen, Fritz Oehl, Dirk Redecker, Verena Wiemken, (English)]




A Programme of the Swiss National Science Foundation