Mycorrhizal status is a poor predictor of the distribution of
herbaceous species along the gradient of soil nutrient
availability in coastal and grassland habitats

J 2021

Mycorrhizal status is a poor predictor of the distribution of herbaceous species along the gradient of soil nutrient availability in coastal and grassland habitats

BITOMSKÝ, Martin, Robin J. PAKEMAN, Hanno SCHAEFER, Jitka KLIMEŠOVÁ, Solvita RUSINA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Mycorrhizal status is a poor predictor of the distribution of herbaceous species along the gradient of soil nutrient availability in coastal and grassland habitats

Authors

BITOMSKÝ, Martin (guarantor), Robin J. PAKEMAN, Hanno SCHAEFER, Jitka KLIMEŠOVÁ, Solvita RUSINA, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavla MLÁDKOVÁ and Martin DUCHOSLAV

Edition

Mycorrhiza, NEW YORK, Springer Verlag, 2021, 0940-6360

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10611 Plant sciences, botany

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.856

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/21:00119363

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00572-021-01047-0

UT WoS

000695316100001

Keywords in English

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Community mycorrhization; Eutrophication; Meta-analysis; Nutrient availability; Quantile regression

Abstract

V originále

Plant mycorrhizal status (a trait indicating the ability to form mycorrhizas) can be a useful plant trait for predicting changes in vegetation influenced by increased fertility. Mycorrhizal fungi enhance nutrient uptake and are expected to provide a competitive advantage for plants growing in nutrient-poor soils; while in nutrient-rich soils, mycorrhizal symbiosis may be disadvantageous. Some studies in natural systems have shown that mycorrhizal plants can be more frequent in P and N-poor soils (low nutrient availability) or Ca and Mg-high (high pH) soils, but empirical support is still not clear. Using vegetation and soil data from Scottish coastal habitats, and Latvian and Czech grasslands, we examined whether there is a link between plant mycorrhizal status and plant-available P, N, Ca and Mg. We performed the max test analysis (to examine the central tendency) and a combination of quantile regression and meta-analysis (to examine tendencies in different quantiles) on both community and plant species data combined with plant phylogenies. We consistently found no changes in mycorrhizal status at the community and species levels along the gradients of plant-available P, N, Ca and Mg in the central tendency and in almost all quantiles across all datasets. Thus, we found no support for the hypotheses that herbaceous species which are able to form mycorrhizas are more frequent in nutrient-poor and high pH environments. Obligatory, facultatively and non-mycorrhizal herbaceous species appear to assemble randomly along the gradients of nutrient availability in several European herbaceous habitats, suggesting that all these strategies perform similarly under non-extreme soil nutrient conditions.

Links

GX19-28491X, research and development project

Name: Centrum pro evropské vegetační syntézy (CEVS) (Acronym: CEVS)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

BITOMSKÝ, Martin, Robin J. PAKEMAN, Hanno SCHAEFER, Jitka KLIMEŠOVÁ, Solvita RUSINA, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ, Pavla MLÁDKOVÁ and Martin DUCHOSLAV. Mycorrhizal status is a poor predictor of the distribution of herbaceous species along the gradient of soil nutrient availability in coastal and grassland habitats. Mycorrhiza. NEW YORK: Springer Verlag, 2021, vol. 31, No 5, p. 577-587. ISSN 0940-6360. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00572-021-01047-0.

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BITOMSKÝ, Martin, Robin J. PAKEMAN, Hanno SCHAEFER, Jitka KLIMEŠOVÁ, Solvita RUSINA, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ, Pavla MLÁDKOVÁ and Martin DUCHOSLAV. Mycorrhizal status is a poor predictor of the distribution of herbaceous species along the gradient of soil nutrient availability in coastal and grassland habitats. \textit{Mycorrhiza}. NEW YORK: Springer Verlag, 2021, vol.~31, No~5, p.~577-587. ISSN~0940-6360. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00572-021-01047-0.

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