A5055649690- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Banana Cultivation and Research
University of Tartu
2015-2025
Ecological Society of America
2019
Summary The benefits of the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis between plants and fungi are modulated by functional characteristics both partners. However, it is unknown to what extent functionally distinct groups naturally associate with different AM fungi. We reanalysed 14 high‐throughput sequencing data sets describing fungal communities associating plant individuals (2427) belonging 297 species. examined how root‐associating varied growth forms, photosynthetic pathways, CSR...
Abstract Aim Identifying the factors that drive large‐scale patterns of biotic interaction is fundamental for understanding how communities respond to changing environmental conditions. Mycorrhizal symbiosis a key between fungi and most vascular plants. Whether plants are obligately (OM) or facultatively (FM) mycorrhizal, which mycorrhizal type they form – arbuscular (AM), ectomycorrhizal (ECM), ericoid (ERM) non‐mycorrhizal (NM) can have strong implications plant species distribution at...
Abstract Mycorrhizal symbiosis is a widespread association between plant roots and mycorrhizal fungi, which thought to contribute niche differentiation expansion. However, this has so far not been explicitly tested. To address the effect of on plants’ realized niches, we addressed how status (i.e. frequency occurrence symbiosis), flexibility ability grow both with without symbiosis) type species affect optima, widths volumes. For this, used co‐occurrence data from flora Netherlands along...
Summary Interactions between communities of plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal ( AM ) fungi shape fundamental ecosystem properties. Experimental evidence suggests that compositional changes in plant fungal should be correlated, but empirical data from natural ecosystems are scarce. We investigated the dynamics covariation during three stages grassland succession, biotic abiotic factors shaping these dynamics. Plant were characterised using vegetation surveys. by 454‐sequencing small subunit...
Although mycorrhizas are expected to play a key role in community assembly during ecological succession, little is known about the dynamics of symbiotic partners natural systems. For instance, it unclear how efficiently plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi disperse into early successional ecosystems, which, if either, partner drives dynamics. This study describes plant AM fungal communities, assesses correlation composition communities compares dispersal limitation succession. We...
Abstract Questions Mycorrhizal symbiosis plays a key role in plant communities. Its prevalence communities (mycorrhization) at larger spatial scales has so far been mostly qualitative, while quantitative studies incorporating the mycorrhizal traits of species are scarce. This study aims to: (1) determine variation general and arbuscular mycorrhization temperate forests grasslands, (2) effects soil N, pH moisture on mycorrhization, (3) relationships between diversity. Location Temperate...
Current understanding of how woody plants respond to abiotic stress and mycorrhizal interactions mitigate this is limited, as research has mostly focused on single factors. The diverse range fungi, the varying intensity composition multiple factors in different regions worldwide, have made it difficult study these highly functional symbiotic from a global perspective. Here, we used top-down approach that involved partitioning known into types, mapping tolerances overlapping heatmaps. We...
Mycorrhizal symbioses are known to strongly influence plant performance, structure communities and shape ecosystem dynamics. Plant mycorrhizal traits, such as those characterising type (arbuscular (AM), ecto-, ericoid or orchid mycorrhiza) status (obligately (OM), facultatively (FM) non-mycorrhizal) offer valuable insight into belowground functionality. Here, we compile available trait information global occurrence data ( ∼ 100 million records) for 11,770 vascular species. Using a...
Abstract Mycorrhizal symbiosis has received relatively little attention as a mechanism explaining plant naturalizations at global scale. Here, we combined data on vascular species occurrences in over 840 mainland and island regions from the Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF) database with up‐to‐date databases of mycorrhizal associations. We tested whether type (arbuscular, AM; ectomycorrhizal, ECM; non‐mycorrhizal, NM) status (facultative obligate) were associated two measures...
Studies of niche differentiation and biodiversity often focus on a few dimensions due to the methodological challenge describing hyperdimensional space. However, this may limit our understanding community assembly processes. We used full spectrum realized types study arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities: distinguishing abiotic biotic, condition resource, axes. Estimates in relation different were only moderately correlated. coexisting taxon niches consistently less differentiated than...
We performed a greenhouse experiment to assess how differences in AM fungal community composition affect competitive response of grassland plant species. used full factorial design determine inoculation with natural communities from different habitats Western Estonia affects the growth two forbs (Leontodon hispidus L., Plantago lanceolata L.) competition dominant grass (Festuca rubra L.). inocula that were known differ diversity and composition: more diverse open grasslands less former...
Anthropogenic impact represents a major pressure on ecosystems, yet little is known about how it affects symbiotic relationships, such as mycorrhizal symbiosis, which plays crucial role in ecosystem functioning. We analyzed the effects of three human types – increasing urbanity, introduction alien plant species (alienness) and modifications distribution ranges (as proxy for naturalness) community overall mycorrhization (including arbuscular, ecto‐, ericoid orchid plants) arbuscular...