During the harvest of the experiment we recovered 72% of the initial number of earthworms weighing 95% of the initial earthworm biomass.
Neither earthworm numbers (–AMF: 1.67 ± 0.29, +AMF: 1.75 ± 0.36, P = 0.861) nor earthworm biomass were affected by AMF treatments (–AMF: 10.34 ± 1.36, +AMF: 8.54 ± 1.52, P = 0.360). Root AMF colonization was averaged over all four treatments 22.4 ± 3.2% but not significantly affected by earthworm (P = 0.854) or AMF treatment
(P = 0.607, AMF × Ew: P = 0.766).