Hyperdiverse forests occur in the lowland tropics, whereas the most species‐rich shrublands
are found in regions such as south‐western Australia (kwongan) and South Africa (fynbos) …

Mycorrhizae establish symbiotic relationships with plants and play an essential role in plant
growth, disease protection, and overall soil quality. Of the seven types of mycorrhizae …

Tropical East Asia is home to over one billion people and faces massive human impacts
from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than two-thirds …

The contribution of mycorrhizal associations to maintaining tree diversity patterns in tropical
rain forests is poorly known. Many tropical monodominant trees form ectomycorrhizal (EM) …

Monodominant patches of forest dominated by Gilbertiodendron dewevrei are commonly
found in central African tropical forests, alongside forests with high species diversity …

Root uptake strategies are associated with the strength of negative plant–soil feedback
(PSF) induced by soil pathogens. Given the intensified effect of pathogen richness in fine …

Temperate ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi show segregation whereby some species dominate
in organic layers and others favor mineral soils. Weak layering in tropical soils is …

Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis plays a major role in biodiversity and stability of ecosystems in
tropical forests. It is a research imperative in tropical and neotropical forest ecosystems …

In New Caledonia, rain forests with an upper canopy dominated by single species of
Nothofagus occur next to mixed-canopy forests, without discernible environmental cause. A …

The main interest in studying monodominant forests in the tropics (ie single-dominant forest
sensu Richards 1996 and Connell & Lowman 1989) is that processes leading to …