We evaluate the effect of alteration of availability of substrate (litterfall) and water about the arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization and chemical attribut of soil in Secondary Forest in the eastern Amazon. The percentagem of mycorrhizal colonization (PMC) was analyzed in apogeotropic roots and roots present in the surface 0-10 cm layer of soil, spore density, glomalin production and physico-chemical attributes of soils in four plots of treatment to litter removal, four plots of irrigation treatment and four control plots. The plots measuring 20 m x 20 m. In each plot was collected four single samples of soil and roots divided into four areas. The results showed that litter removal reduced significantly the PMC in roots, but had no effect on spore density. The litter removal decreased availability of nitrogen and organic carbon in soil, but there was no influence of reduced availability of nutrients in the soil for mycorrhizal colonization. The Glomalin which is produced by hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizae, and is aggregated with soil organic matter was also reduced by litter removal. The irrigation treatment did not affect the PMC, and spore density in soil and did not affect the availability of nutrients. The study allowed to show that changes in land cover can cause serious damage to the plant-fungus symbiosis.
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