EcologyNew PhytologistPeer-reviewed
Root hairs and mycorrhiza represent alternative phylogenetically conserved strategies for belowground absorptive surface maximization
Joana Bergmann, Tom Lachaise, Karla M Barfuss…·Matthias C. Rillig
The paper measures root-hair traits and mycorrhizal colonization in 82 grassland species, finding a phylogenetic trade-off between root hairs and mycorrhiza.
DOI 10.1111/nph.71667