How belowground interactions contribute to the coexistence of mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal species in severely phosphorus-impoverished hyperdiverse ecosystems

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 424; no. 1/2; pp. 11 - 33
• Main Authors: Lambers, Hans, Albornoz, Felipe, Kotula, Lukasz, Laliberté, Etienne, Ranathunge, Kosala, Teste, François P., Zemunik, Graham
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer 01.03.2018; Springer International Publishing; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Carboxylates; Clusters; Coexistence; Ecological monitoring; Ecology; ecosystems; Environmental aspects; Exudation; Fungi; Life Sciences; MARSCHNER REVIEW; Mycorrhizae; mycorrhizal fungi; Nitrogen fixation; nitrogen-fixing trees; Nutrients; Oomycetes; Pathogens; Phosphorus; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Plant species; Proteaceae; Roots; soil; Soil fertility; Soil Science & Conservation; Species; suberization; Competition; Facilitation; Mycorrhizas; Carboxylates, cluster roots; Non-mycorrhizal plants; Phosphorus; Proteaceae; Hyperdiverse ecosystems; Pathogen defence

Background Mycorrhizal strategies are very effective in enhancing plant acquisition of poorly-mobile nutrients, particularly phosphorus (P) from infertile soil. However, on very old and severely P-impoverished soils, a carboxylate-releasing and P-mobilising cluster-root strategy is more effective at...