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It is suggested that plant reproductive strategies shift along altitudinal gradients and are closely linked to root-associated fungal communities, highlighting the potential importance of plant–microbe associations in reproductive allocation and providing new insights into the belowground dimensions of plant adaptation to alpine environments.
Root-associated fungi (RAF) are important for plant performance because they form beneficial, neutral, or pathogenic relationships with their hosts, thus regulating nutrient uptake, stress tolerance, and overall plant fitness. At the transition from marine to terrestrial ecosystems, salt marshes are shaped by strong en...
The study revealed that the influence of S. americanus on fungal communities differed between the nitrogen regimes, and indicated that N‐driven changes in plant–fungal interactions likely alter ecosystem processes that are central to saltmarsh resilience to shifting environmental conditions.
Elton’s biotic resistance hypothesis predicts that species-rich native communities are more resistant to invasion. However, explanations for the diversity-invasibility relationship have focused mainly on resource competition, whereas the role of allelopathy in this relationship and whether its effects are mediated by...
Plant invaders that produce novel antimicrobial compounds can alter local soil properties and below‐ground microbial communities, including both arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and pathogenic fungi. Such changes can inhibit the critical nutritional mutualism between native plants and AM fungi and in turn influence the acqu...
Rhizosphere microbes are closely associated with forest community diversity and ecosystem functioning. Yet, how different rhizosphere fungal guilds and their interactions with host trees respond to environmental change remains poorly understood. To address this gap, we collected rhizosphere soil from 429 plant indivi...
The climate change–driven reshuffling of floristic elements has recently gained attention, yet the mechanistic bases of these shifts remain poorly understood. Here, we examined how variation in soil chemical characteristics associated with an elevational gradient influences the early performance of lowland widespread p...
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