Responses of Collembola and Protura to tree girdling – some support for ectomycorrhizal feeding

Ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi are very common in forest soils, but their role as a food resource for fungivorous soil animals is poorly known. We used two tree-girdling experiments in Picea abies forests and one experiment in a Pinus sylvestris forest, all in northern Sweden, to indirectly test if Col...

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Main Authors: Anna Malmström, Tryggve Persson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung 2011-08-01
Series:Soil Organisms
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Online Access:https://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/251