Just a matter of time: Fungi and roots significantly and rapidly aggregate soil over four decades along the Tagliamento River, NE Italy

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 133-142

  Mardhiah, Ulfah ^a,b   Caruso, Tancredi ^c   Gurnell, Angela ^d   Rillig, Matthias C ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Chronoseqeuence; Fluvial island; Fungal hyphae; Plant roots; Soil aggregation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; FLOODS; FUNGI; LANDFORMS; RIVERS;

ABIOTIC FACTORS; CHRONOSEQEUENCE; FLUVIAL ISLAND; FUNGAL HYPHAE; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL AGGREGATION;

SOILS;

EID: 84899807156     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.04.012     Document Type: Article

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