Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi - short-term liability but long-term benefits for soil carbon storage?

New Phytologist

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 366-368

  Verbruggen, Erik ^a   Veresoglou, Stavros D ^a   Anderson, Ian C ^b   Caruso, Tancredi ^a   Hammer, Edith C ^a   Kohler, Josef ^a   Rillig, Matthias C ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF); Decomposition; Elevated CO2; Priming; Soil carbon sequestration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHEMISTRY; LETTER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; MYCORRHIZAE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 84871346395     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12079     Document Type: Letter

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