A comprehensive appraisal of the mycorrhizal literature provides data for 336 plant families
representing 99% of flowering plants, with regard to mycorrhizas and other nutritional …

This review commemorates and examines the significance of the work of Isobel Gallaud
more than 100 years ago that first established the existence of distinct structural classes …

Best known as an animal feed, Alfalfa Medicago sativa is one of the most important and
widely produced livestock crops grown throughout the temperate world." Alfalfa and …

Background and aims Soil factors are driving forces that influence spatial distribution and
functional traits of plant species. We test whether two anchor morphological traits—leaf mass …

Soil biodiversity loss due to pollution may affect ecosystem services negatively. This
environmental problem may be solved by phytoremediation, which is an effective strategy to …

Soil fungi play a crucial role in producing fundamental ecosystem services such as soil
fertility, formation and maintenance, nutrient cycling and plant community dynamics …

The colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spore
abundance and community were investigated in a valley-type semi-savanna vegetation of …

The influence of shrubs used as nurse plants was tested on the growth of Cupressus
atlantica, on microbial activity and on arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) soil potential in a …

This account presents information on all aspects of the biology of Crataegus monogyna
Jacq.(Hawthorn) that are relevant to understanding its ecological characteristics and …

Aims Root functions are multiple and essential for the growth and survival of terrestrial
plants. The aim of this work was to analyse the main trends in the variation of root traits, their …