Impacts of earthworms and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomus intraradices) on plant performance are not interrelated

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 561-567

  Eisenhauer, Nico ^a   König, Stephan ^b   Sabais, Alexander C W ^a   Renker, Carsten ^b   Buscot, Francois ^b   Scheu, Stefan ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N; Aporrectodea caliginosa; Grassland; Lumbricus terrestris; Soil organism interactions; The Jena Experiment

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; FUNGI; SOILS;

APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; GRASSLAND; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; SOIL ORGANISM INTERACTIONS; THE JENA EXPERIMENT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; EARTHWORM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; LOLIUM PERENNE; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 60249093501     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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