Global mycorrhizal plant distribution linked to terrestrial carbon stocks

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 5077 - 10
• Main Authors: Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., van Bodegom, Peter M., Terrer, César, Zelfde, Maarten van’t, McCallum, Ian, Luke McCormack, M., Fisher, Joshua B., Brundrett, Mark C., de Sá, Nuno César, Tedersoo, Leho
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 07.11.2019; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158/2445; 631/158/852; 704/158/47; 704/47/4113; BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Biogeochemical cycles; Biogeochemistry; Biomass; Carbon; Ecological function; Ecosystem; Ecosystems; Ectomycorrhizas; Environmental impact; Geographic Mapping; Human influences; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Mycorrhizae; Plant species; Plants; Plants (botany); Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Soil - chemistry; Subsoils; Topsoil; Vegetation

Vegetation impacts on ecosystem functioning are mediated by mycorrhizas, plant–fungal associations formed by most plant species. Ecosystems dominated by distinct mycorrhizal types differ strongly in their biogeochemistry. Quantitative analyses of mycorrhizal impacts on ecosystem functioning are hind...