Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi negatively affect soil seed bank viability

Abstract Seed banks represent a reservoir of propagules important for understanding plant population dynamics. Seed viability in soil depends on soil abiotic conditions, seed species, and soil biota. Compared to the vast amount of data on plant growth effects, next to nothing is known about how arbu...

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Main Authors: Mahmood Maighal, Mohamed Salem, Josef Kohler, Matthias C. Rillig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-11-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2491