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

• Published in: Soil organisms (Görlitz) Vol. 83; no. 2; p. 279
• Main Authors: Malmström, Anna, Persson, Tryggve
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung 01.08.2011
• Subjects: ectomycorrhiza; Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use; field experiment; food-choice; microarthropods; Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap; mycorrhizal fungi

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 Coll...