Acid deposition in a spruce forest soil: Effects on nematodes, mycorrhizas and fungal biomass

Pedobiologia

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-66

  Ruess, Liliane ^a,d   Sandbach, Peter ^a   Cudlín, Pavel ^b   Dighton, John ^a,c   Crossley, Alan ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidification; Fungal biomass; Mycorrhiza; Nematodes; Root density; Spruce forest

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOIL; FUNGAL BIOMASS; MYCORRHIZA; NEMATODE; SITKA SPRUCE; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SPRUCE FOREST;

ACROBELOIDES NANUS; APHELENCHOIDES; APORCELAIMELLUS OBTUSICAUDATUS; CERVIDELLUS SERRATUS; FILENCHUS; METATERATOCEPHALUS CRASSIDENS; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0029666835     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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