Soil aggregate stability increase is strongly related to fungal community succession along an abandoned agricultural field chronosequence in the Bolivian Altiplano

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1266-1273

  Duchicela, Jessica ^a,b   Sullivan, Tarah S ^c   Bontti, Eliana ^d   Bever, James D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS FUERZAS ARMADAS ESPE   (Ecuador)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Altiplano Bolivia pampa; Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Fungi; Land abandoned chronosequence; Soil aggregate stability; Soil micro organism

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AMMONIUM; ARABLE LAND; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; EROSION CONTROL; FUNGUS; LAND MANAGEMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; POTATO; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUCCESSION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ALTIPLANO; BOLIVIA;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84890859514     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12130     Document Type: Article

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