Soil stocks of glomalin produced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across a tropical rain forest landscape

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 278-287

  Lovelock, Catherine E ^a   Wright, Sara F ^b   Clark, Deborah A ^c   Ruess, Roger W ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Mycorrhizas; Soil carbon; Soil fertility; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOIL; MYCORRHIZA; RAINFOREST; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN;

FUNGI;

EID: 1842587090     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00855.x     Document Type: Article

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