Ectomycorrhizal fungi contribute to soil organic matter cycling in sub-boreal forests

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 699-713

  Phillips, Lori A ^a,b   Ward, Valerie ^a   Jones, Melanie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Biosciences Research Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

carbon cycling; ectomycorrhizal fungi; enzyme activity; hyphal trap bags; mycelia; soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; SOIL; TREE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; FUNGI; HYPHAE; MYCORRHIZAE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

EID: 84894367898     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.195     Document Type: Article

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