Arbuscular mycorrhizal tree communities have greater soil fungal diversity and relative abundances of saprotrophs and pathogens than ectomycorrhizal tree …

AC Eagar, RM Mushinski, AL Horning… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Trees associating with different mycorrhizas often differ in their effects on litter
decomposition, nutrient cycling, soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics, and plant-soil …

Context-dependence of fungal community responses to dominant tree mycorrhizal types in Northern hardwood forests

AC Eagar, KA Smemo, RP Phillips… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dominant tree community mycorrhizal associations can influence soil biogeochemistry and
nutrient cycling, suggesting a prominent role of mycorrhizas in shaping belowground …

Temperate forests dominated by arbuscular or ectomycorrhizal fungi are characterized by strong shifts from saprotrophic to mycorrhizal fungi with increasing soil depth

A Carteron, M Beigas, S Joly, BL Turner, E Laliberté - Microbial Ecology, 2021 - Springer
In temperate and boreal forests, competition for soil resources between free-living
saprotrophs and ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi has been suggested to restrict saprotrophic …

Lithology and niche habitat have significant effect on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundance and their interspecific interactions

D Xiao, Y Tang, W Zhang, P Hu, K Wang - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The chemical properties of bedrock play a crucial role in shaping the communities of soil
and root-associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). We investigate AMF community …

Mycorrhizas and mycorrhizal fungal communities throughout ecosystem development

IA Dickie, LB Martínez-García, N Koele, GA Grelet… - Plant and Soil, 2013 - Springer
Background and scope Plant communities and underlying soils undergo substantial,
coordinated shifts throughout ecosystem development. However, shifts in the composition …

Root-associated fungi shared between arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal conifers in a temperate forest

H Toju, H Sato - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal symbioses are among the most important
drivers of terrestrial ecosystem dynamics. Historically, the two types of symbioses have been …

Dominant mycorrhizal association of trees alters carbon and nutrient cycling by selecting for microbial groups with distinct enzyme function

TE Cheeke, RP Phillips, ER Brzostek… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
While it is well established that plants associating with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and
ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi cycle carbon (C) and nutrients in distinct ways, we have a …

Mycorrhizal types differ in ecophysiology and alter plant nutrition and soil processes

L Tedersoo, M Bahram - Biological Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mycorrhizal fungi benefit plants by improved mineral nutrition and protection against stress,
yet information about fundamental differences among mycorrhizal types in fungi and trees …

Shifts in dominant tree mycorrhizal associations in response to anthropogenic impacts

I Jo, S Fei, CM Oswalt, GM Domke, RP Phillips - Science advances, 2019 - science.org
Plant-fungal symbioses play critical roles in vegetation dynamics and nutrient cycling,
modulating the impacts of global changes on ecosystem functioning. Here, we used forest …

From mycorrhizal fungal traits to ecosystem properties–and back again

N Wurzburger, KE Clemmensen - Journal of Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mycorrhizal fungi are known for their functional importance in plant growth and nutrition, and
because these symbiotic fungi represent a fundamental linkage between plants and soils …