Opposing effects of nitrogen versus phosphorus additions on mycorrhizal fungal abundance along an elevational gradient in tropical montane forests

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 37-47

  Camenzind, Tessa ^a,b   Homeier, Jürgen ^d   Dietrich, Karla ^c   Hempel, Stefan ^a,b   Hertel, Dietrich ^d   Krohn, Andreas ^a,b   Leuschner, Christoph ^d   Oelmann, Yvonne ^c   Olsson, Pål Axel ^e   Suárez, Juan Pablo ^f   Rillig, Matthias C ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Root length; Southern Ecuador; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SEA LEVEL; TROPICS;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; ECUADOR; ELEVATIONAL GRADIENTS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE STOICHIOMETRIES; ROOT LENGTH; TROPICAL MONTANE FOREST;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOMASS; DEPOSITION; FUNGUS; MONTANE FOREST; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; ROOT; SOIL NUTRIENT; STOICHIOMETRY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ECUADOR;

FUNGI;

EID: 84949674099     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.11.011     Document Type: Article

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