Mycorrhizal fungi protect the soil from wind erosion: A wind tunnel study

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 385-392

  Burri, K ^a,b   Gromke, C ^a   Graf, F ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mycorrhiza; Vegetation; Wind erosion; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT GROWTH ENHANCEMENTS; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; SYMBIOTIC ASSOCIATION; VASCULAR PLANT SPECIES; WIND EROSIONS; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

FORESTRY; FUNGI; SOILS; VEGETATION; WIND TUNNELS;

EROSION;

ERODIBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; GROWTH RESPONSE; LABORATORY METHOD; MYCORRHIZA; SOIL STRUCTURE; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER; WIND EROSION; WIND TUNNEL;

ANTHYLLIS VULNERARIA; FUNGI; LOLIUM PERENNE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84880646574     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1136     Document Type: Article

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