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701-5 Importance of Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Invasion and Persistence of Cheatgrass.

Poster Number 254

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Wednesday, 8 October 2008
George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E

Ryan Busby1, Mary Stromberger2, Dick Gebhart1 and Mark Paschke3, (1)U.S. Army, Champaign, IL
(2)1170 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
(3)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Abstract:
Cheatgrass invasion of sagebrush steppe has many well known consequences, such as altered fire interval and water utilization, but cheatgrass also appears to alter the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community as well. This presentation will provide results from a study comparing the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity of big sagebrush with cheatgrass across three sites in the western United States where both species currently coexist.

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