Ecological intensification and arbuscular mycorrhizas: a meta-analysis of tillage and cover crop effects

• Published in: The Journal of applied ecology Vol. 54; no. 6; pp. 1785 - 1793
• Main Authors: Bowles, Timothy M., Jackson, Louise E., Loeher, Malina, Cavagnaro, Timothy R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.12.2017; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Agricultural landscapes; Agricultural practices; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Arbuscular mycorrhizas; below‐ground biological interactions; Cash crops; Colonization; Communities; Community composition; Community structure; Continents; conventional tillage; Cover crops; Crops; disturbed soils; ecological intensification; Ecological monitoring; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Environmental factors; Environmental management; farmers; Farming systems; Food security; Fungi; intensive agriculture; legumes; Meta-analysis; mycorrhizal fungi; no-tillage; Plant species; Resource efficiency; Roots; soil biodiversity; Soil microorganisms; Soil types; Soils; Species; summer; Tillage; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; winter

1. Reliance on ecosystem services instead of synthetic, non-renewable inputs is increasingly seen as key to achieving food security in an environmentally sustainable way. This process, known as ecological intensification, will depend in large part on enhancing below-ground biological interactions th...