Ectomycorrhizal colonization slows root decomposition: The post-mortem fungal legacy

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• root colonization 100%
• fungus 53%
• decomposition 44%
• litter 43%
• carbon 34%
• soil 19%
• symbiont 18%
• nitrogen 18%
• woodland 14%
• soil organic matter 14%
• allocation 13%
• human activity 11%
• effect 3%

Agriculture & Biology

• carbon 40%
• hyphae 39%
• degradation 37%
• fungi 36%
• Pinus edulis 33%
• soil carbon 24%
• nitrogen 23%
• soil 20%
• woodlands 20%
• symbionts 20%
• mycorrhizal fungi 19%
• soil organic matter 19%