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Nitrogen enrichment alters mycorrhizal allocation at five mesic to semiarid grasslands

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Nancy Collins Johnson, Louise M Egerton-Warburton, Diane L Rowland, Edith B Allen, and Lea Corkidi, Nitrogen enrichment alters mycorrhizal allocation at five mesic to semiarid grasslands: .

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are integral components of grasslands because most plants are associated with interconnected networks of AM hyphae. Mycorrhizae generally facilitate plant uptake of nutrients from the soil. However, mycorrhizal associations are known to vary in their mutualistic function, and there is currently no metric that links AM functioning with fungal colonization of roots. Mycorrhizal structures differ in their physiological and ecological functioning, so changes in AM allocation to intraradical (inside roots) and extraradical (in soil) structures may signal shifts in mycorrhizal function. We hypothesize that the functional equilibrium model applies to AM fungi and that fertilization should reduce allocation [...]

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