Direct and indirect effects of global change on mycorrhizal associations of savanna plant communities

• Published in: Oikos Vol. 130; no. 8; pp. 1370 - 1384
• Main Authors: Pérez‐Ramos, Ignacio M., Álvarez‐Méndez, Andrea, Wald, Katharina, Matías, Luis, Hidalgo‐Galvez, María D., Navarro‐Fernández, Carmen M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2021
• Subjects: Abiotic factors; Acquisition; Aridity; Biotic factors; Climate change; Climate effects; dark septate endophytes; drought; dry environmental conditions; Drying; Ecosystems; Endophytes; functional traits; Fungi; Grazing; High temperature; Host plants; Microorganisms; mycorrhizae; Mycorrhizas; Plant communities; Rain; Rainfall; root pathogens; Savannahs; savannas; soil; Symbiosis; Temperature; warming

Mycorrhizal fungi are key components of whole‐plant adaptive strategies to cope with different abiotic and biotic constraints. Although they are particularly sensitive to different global change drivers, there are still many gaps on the mechanisms underpinning shifts in mycorrhizal associations unde...