Variability in soil chemistry and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in harvester ant nests: The influence of topography, grazing and region

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 406-413

  Snyder, Season R ^a   Crist, Thomas O ^b   Friese, Carl F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Disturbance; Pogonomyrmex; Rangelands; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

ANT; DISTURBANCE; GRAZING; MYCORRHIZA; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX OCCIDENTALIS; POGONOMYRMEX RUGOSUS;

EID: 0036929859     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-002-0487-z     Document Type: Article

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