Background and aims Understanding the role of resource availability in structuring biotic
communities is of importance in community ecology. This study investigates how light and …

Interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and plants are essential
components of ecosystem functioning; however, they remain poorly known in dry …

Understanding the underlying mechanisms driving responses of belowground communities
to increasing soil fertility will facilitate predictions of ecosystem responses to anthropogenic …

Due to human influence, large tracts of natural vegetation have been cleared and replaced
by other types of land use, resulting in highly fragmented landscapes consisting of small …

Soil biota could have a significant impact on plant productivity and diversity through
benefiting plants and mediating plant–plant interaction. However, it is poorly understood …

Almost all natural plant communities contain arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). We
hypothesized that the species composition of AMF communities could have the potential to …

Understanding how communities assemble is a central goal of ecology. This is particularly
relevant for communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), because the community …

It is often thought that the coexistence of plants and plant diversity is determined by resource
heterogeneity of the abiotic environment. However, the presence and heterogeneity of biotic …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are important functional components of ecosystems.
Although there is accumulating knowledge about AMF diversity in different ecosystems, the …

Improved understanding of the nutritional ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is
important in understanding how tropical forests maintain high productivity on low-fertility …