Author | Klironomos, J.N. & Hart, M.M. |
Year | 2001 |
Title | Food-web dynamics - animal nitrogen swap for plant carbon |
Type | Paper |
Source | Nature 410: 651-652. |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Reports the basidiomycete toadstool, Laccaria bicolor, killing the springtail, Folsomia candida, and transferring the derived Nitrogen to its Pinus strobus ectomycorrhizal host. |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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Current | Folsomia candida | a springtail | Animalia: Entomobryomorpha: Isotomidae | |
Current | Laccaria bicolor | Bicoloured Deceiver | Fungi: Agaricales: Hydnangiaceae | |
Current | Pinus strobus | Weymouth Pine, Eastern White Pine | Plantae: Pinales: Pinaceae |
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