Authors
Inga Hiiesalu, Meelis Pärtel, John Davison, Pille Gerhold, Madis Metsis, Mari Moora, Maarja Öpik, Martti Vasar, Martin Zobel, Scott D Wilson
Publication date
2014/7
Journal
New Phytologist
Volume
203
Issue
1
Pages
233-244
Description
- Although experiments show a positive association between vascular plant and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) species richness, evidence from natural ecosystems is scarce. Furthermore, there is little knowledge about how AMF richness varies with belowground plant richness and biomass.
- We examined relationships among AMF richness, above‐ and belowground plant richness, and plant root and shoot biomass in a native North American grassland. Root‐colonizing AMF richness and belowground plant richness were detected from the same bulk root samples by 454‐sequencing of the AMF SSU rRNA and plant trnL genes.
- In total we detected 63 AMF taxa. Plant richness was 1.5 times greater belowground than aboveground. AMF richness was significantly positively correlated with plant species richness, and more strongly with below‐ than aboveground plant richness. Belowground plant richness was …
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