Soil engineering ants increase grass root arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 791-796

  Dauber, Jens ^a,b   Niechoj, Robin ^a,c   Baltruschat, Helmut ^a   Wolters, Volkmar ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Belowground species interactions; Ecosystem engineering; Ecosystem functioning; Formicidae; Soil biota

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNGUS; GRASS; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARBUSCULAR; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; LASIUS FLAVUS; POACEAE;

EID: 43349091301     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-008-0283-5     Document Type: Article

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