How mycorrhizal associations drive plant population and community biology

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  • Leho Tedersoo
    Natural History Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia.
  • Mohammad Bahram
    Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Martin Zobel
    Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.

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<jats:title>The pervasive power of mycorrhizas</jats:title> <jats:p> Associations between plants and symbiotic fungi—mycorrhizas—are ubiquitous in plant communities. Tedersoo <jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic> review recent developments in mycorrhizal research, revealing the complex and pervasive nature of this largely invisible interaction. Complex networks of mycorrhizal hyphae connect the root systems of individual plants, regulating nutrient flow and competitive interactions between and within plant species, controlling seedling establishment, and ultimately influencing all aspects of plant community ecology and coexistence. </jats:p> <jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , this issue p. <jats:related-article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="doi" related-article-type="in-this-issue" xlink:href="10.1126/science.aba1223">eaba1223</jats:related-article> </jats:p>

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  • Science

    Science 367 (6480), eaba1223-, 2020-02-21

    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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