Taxonomy and Ecology Of Inland Sand Dune ... - Mycorrhizae

59that soil characteristics and disturbancecondition are variable from one habitat toanother. In this regard Reeves et al.(1979) found that when plantcommunities are disturbed as in miningor road constriction, non-mycorrhizalabiotic conditions of the inland sanddune habitat. Also, the role of VAMfungal infection in sand dunesstabilization, and early nutrient relationof young seedlings are my goals infurther studies.plant species predominate. Also,Moorman and Reeves (1979) found G.fasciculatum propagules weresignificantly reduced from 77% infectionat middle elevation sagebrush community(MES) site to 1% at disturbed stripcounty road.Based on observations from VAMecological studies, I think that inlandsand dune vegetated cover, and soilphysical and chemical propertiessignificantly influence VAM fungalgeneric and species frequencies and maymodify different types ofsurvivalstrategies. As yet, I still have no ideahow long VAM propagules in active anddisturbed sand dunes will survive.Further studies and new methods arerequired to clarify VAM fungalstrategies that operate under the variable