The structure of legume–rhizobium interaction networks and their response to tree invasions

We provide data on how legume-rhizobia interaction webs react to invasions by exotic legumes. This is the first study of its kind and found that general hypotheses derived from above-ground mutualistic webs may not hold for below-ground counterparts. Specifically, we found that legume-rhizobia interactions at the community level are highly specialised resulting in strongly modular webs, which are not nested, and that invasive legumes do not infiltrate existing native webs but rather form unique and novel modules in webs.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  AoB Plants

• Publication date

  2016-07-11

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1093/aobpla/plw038PMID 27255514PMCID 4940501
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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