Plant-mycorrhizal associations may explain the latitudinal gradient of plant community assembly
N. Shinohara, Y. Kobayashi, K. Nishizawa, K. Kadowaki, A. Yamawo
This study links latitudinal plant community assembly patterns to mycorrhizal type prevalence, showing that ectomycorrhizal trees drive spatial clustering in understory communities.
bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2023Ecology