Land-use intensity and soil properties shape the composition of fungal communities in Mediterranean peaty soils drained for agricultural purposes

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 719-731

  Ciccolini, Valentina ^a   Bonari, Enrico ^a   Pellegrino, Elisa ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF); Land use change; Molecular diversity; Peat soil; Soil quality; Total soil fungi

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CROPPING PRACTICE; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; MAIZE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEAT SOIL; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84938751418     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-015-1013-4     Document Type: Article

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