Fertility-related interplay between fungal guilds underlies plant richness–productivity relationships in natural grasslands

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 226; no. 4; pp. 1129 - 1143
• Main Authors: Chen, Wenqing, Wang, Jianyu, Meng, Zexin, Xu, Ran, Chen, Jun, Zhang, Yingjun, Hu, Tianming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley 01.05.2020; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Fertility; fungal communities; fungal guilds; Fungi; Grassland; Grasslands; Guilds; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; Linkages; Mineral nutrients; Mycobiome; mycorrhizal fungi; Natural environment; natural grasslands; Nutrients; Pathogens; Plant communities; plant pathogens; plant productivity; plant richness; Plants; Productivity; Rhizosphere; rhizosphere fungi; richness–productivity; saprotrophs; Soil; Soil dynamics; Soil fertility; Soil Microbiology; Soil microorganisms; Soils; plant richness; rhizosphere fungi; fungal guilds; richness-productivity; natural grasslands; plant productivity

• The plant richness–productivity relationship is a central subject in ecology, yet the mechanisms behind this pattern remain debated. Soil fungi are closely associated with the dynamics of plant communities, however empirical evidence on how fungal communities integrate into the richness–productivi...