Wooded meadows are seminatural plant communities that support high diversity of various
taxa. Due to changes in land use, wooded meadows have severely declined during the last …

Mycorrhizal fungi play a critical role in nutrient cycling and ecosystem function. They improve
plant growth and survival through a mutualistic relationship in which photosynthates are …

Summary 1 Abiotic disturbance plays an important role in determining assemblage structure
and maintaining species richness in many ecosystems. Disturbances events are complex …

Coniferous forests with diverse ectomycorrhizal fungus (EMF) communities are associated
with nutrient-poor, acidic soils but there is some debate whether EMF can be equally …

Extensive knowledge of various ectomycorrhizal fungal communities has been obtained
over the past 10 years based on molecular identification of the fungi colonizing fine roots. In …

Interactions between host tree species and ectomycorrhizal fungi are important in structuring
ectomycorrhizal communities, but there are only a few studies on host influence of …

Environmental selection and dispersal limitation are two of the primary processes structuring
biotic communities in ecosystems, but little is known about these processes in shaping soil …

The effects of a prescribed fire on the presence of ectomycorrhizal fungi on the root tips of
ponderosa pine were investigated one year after a prescribed ground fire. Ectomycorrhizas …

The ecological importance of ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi in tropical ecosystems is
increasingly recognized, but few studies have used molecular methods to examine EM …

The ectomycorrhizal (ECM) symbiosis was historically considered restricted to the temperate
zones, but recent studies have shown the importance of this symbiosis across the tropics …