Ectomycorrhizal fungi and past high CO2 atmospheres enhance mineral weathering through increased below-ground carbon-energy fluxes

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Quirk, Joe ^a   Andrews, Megan Y ^a,b   Leake, Jonathan R ^a   Banwart, Steve A ^a   Beerling, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevated carbon dioxide; Mycorrhizal fungi; Photosynthate flux; Silicate weathering

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ENERGY FLUX; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FUNGUS; MINERAL; SILICATE; TRACER;

EID: 84906061901     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0375     Document Type: Article

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