Field experiments were conducted to assess arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (EcM) weathering.
Mesh in-growth bags with different lithologies were deployed in temperate forest stands dominated by AM- or EcM-symbioses.
Mg, P, and Ca contents and Pb and Sr isotopic compositions were measured in resulting leachates after 100-day deployment.
Only Ca concentrations were significantly different between treatments, with AM plot bags yielding higher concentrations.
Major element concentrations paired with isotopic ratios suggest similar dissolution reactions occurring in both sites.