Development and stabilisation of soil structure via interactions between organic matter, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 683-694

  Daynes, Cathal N ^a   Field, Damien J ^a   Saleeba, Jennifer A ^a   Cole, Michael A ^b   McGee, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Hierarchical model of soil aggregation; Matric potential; Mean weight diameter; Self organisation of soil systems; Soil aggregation; Soil degradation; Soil porosity; Soil structural stability; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAS; MATRIC POTENTIAL; MEAN WEIGHT DIAMETER; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL POROSITY; SOIL STRUCTURAL STABILITY; SOIL SYSTEMS; TRITROPHIC INTERACTIONS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPOSTING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; STABILIZATION;

FUNGI;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOACTIVITY; BULK DENSITY; DIAMETER; FUNGUS; GRASS; MINERAL; PH; POROSITY; ROOT; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL REMEDIATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; STABILIZATION; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION; WATER RETENTION;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 84870716990     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.09.020     Document Type: Article

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