More closely related plants have more distinct mycorrhizal communities

We observed that mycorrhizal communities were more divergent among closely related plant species than among distantly related plant species. This was counter to the observation that plant mutualists (e.g. pollinators, seed dispersers) are often shared among closely related host plant species. Since mycorrhizae may affect nutrient competition among neighboring plants, closely related plant neighbors that associate with unique mycorrhizae may have greater functional complementarity and a greater capacity to coexist.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  AoB Plants

• Publication date

  2014-09-23

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1093/aobpla/plu051PMID 25165062PMCID 4172195
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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