… in identifying ecophysiological mechanisms driving … seminal work on young seedling
ecophysiology at timberline has … of mycorrhizal colonization is relatively unstudied as to its effects …

… soil provenance with respect to the alpine treeline on the germination, … , variability in seed
quality, predation, and competition, it is … life stage had their root tips colonized. Reduced fungal …

… number trees colonized by each OTU in each zone/total number of trees colonized by each
… We found that soil pH correlated with elevation and we propose that it may be an important …

… Variability of Cenococcum colonization and its ecophysiological significance for young
conifers at alpine-treeline. New Phytol. 165: 867–873. …

… Cenococcum geophilum was the most common fungal species at all investigated A. alba …
of variability described in sequencing studies of other coniferous trees grown in their native …

… been colonized by C. geophilum. (b) Fresh sclerotia of C. … our understanding of genetic
variation and genetic spatial patterns in … size may be small or genets may be spatially fragmented. …

… and high variability in daily temperatures; additionally their soils, … The alpine-treeline ecotone
is the transition zone from closed… In these ecotones young conifers experience limitations to …

… soil fungal community variation in subalpine P. … Cenococcum, Thelephora and Hygrophorus
are ectomycorrhizal fungi widely distributed in forest soil and colonize a variety of coniferous …

… was the primary factor that explained variation in fungal community … The three most frequently
observed OTUs were Cenococcum … Grey arrows indicate the significant environmental and …

… that a significant proportion of the variation in ectomycorrhizal … stress tolerant, with Cenococcum
geophilum being perhaps … as major phylogenies (broadleaf versus conifer), there were …