The combined effects of earthworms and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on microbial biomass and enzyme activities in a calcareous soil spiked with cadmium

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-42

  Aghababaei, Fatemeh ^a   Raiesi, Fayez ^a   Hosseinpur, Alireza ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Cadmium; Earthworms; Glomalin; Microbial biomass; Soil enzymes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888039892     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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