Serpentine soils select for unique plant communities, often with sparse vegetation.
Mycorrhizal fungi mediate the interaction between plants and soils, yet little is known about …

Background: Serpentine ecosystems support different, often unique, plant communities;
however, we know little about the soil organisms that associate with these ecosystems …

Serpentine soils impose physiological stresses that limit plant establishment and diversity.
The degree to which serpentine soils entail constraints on other organisms is, however …

Background Physiologically stressful environments tend to host depauperate and
specialized biological communities. Serpentine soils exemplify this phenomenon by …

Serpentine soils, rich in iron, magnesium, and heavy metals, select for unique plant
communities and for endemic species. Because mycorrhizal fungi mediate the interaction …

Serpentine soil generates distinct plant assemblages, but it is not known how this
edaphically extreme environment affects arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) assembly or …

Although plant adaptation to serpentine soils has been studied for several decades, the
mechanisms of plant adaptation to edaphic extremes are still poorly understood. Arbuscular …

The community of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) and co-associated fungi from a serpentine site
forested with Pinus sylvestris and Quercus petraea was explored, to improve the …

Abstract Ectomycorrhizae of Picea, Abies, Dryas and Salix were collected at two tree-line
sites at an altitude of 2,000–2,500 m in the Front Range of the Canadian Rockies. Six …

Serpentine soils are characterized by a disproportionate level of Mg in relation to Ca and
often contain phytotoxic levels of available Ni. Both of these factors may represent stresses …