Tree Mycorrhizal Associations and Phylogenetic Relatedness Shape Soil Microbial Legacies
Summary
This article summarizes a Functional Ecology research study on how trees associate with mycorrhizal fungi (arbuscular mycorrhizal, ectomycorrhizal, or dual-mycorrhizal) and how these associations leave lasting legacies in soil. The research examines how different mycorrhizal types and phylogenetic relatedness of trees influence soil microbiota and ecosystem processes.
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Most of the trees either exclusively host arbuscular (endo)mycorrhizal (AM) fungi or ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi, but some attach both fungi (Dual-mycorrhizal species).
Scientists have long studied trees of the two mycorrhizal types differ in interactions with soil microbiota, little is
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