Native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi respond to rehabilitation in iron ore mining areas from the Eastern Brazilian Amazon

• Published in: Pedobiologia Vol. 89; p. 150768
• Main Authors: Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Raquel Milagros, Kemmelmeier, Karl, Pedroso, Daniela de Fátima, Pinto, Flávio Araújo, dos Santos, Jessé Valentim, Gastauer, Markus, Caldeira, Cecílio Fróis, Ramos, Silvio Junior, Siqueira, Jose Oswaldo, Carneiro, Marco Aurélio Carbone
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier GmbH 01.11.2021
• Subjects: Amazonia; Arbuscular mycorrhiza; cation exchange capacity; community structure; Environmental recovery; glomalin; Iron ore deposit; organic matter; Soil properties; spores; texture; Tropical rainforest; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; Amazonia; Iron ore deposit; Environmental recovery; Soil properties; Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Tropical rainforest

•Rehabilitation led to a recovery of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities and activity.•AM fungal communities approached those in reference areas as rehabilitation progressed.•As rehabilitation progressed, glomalin fractions approached levels found in reference areas.•Mycorrhizal variables were...