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Ploughing up the wood-wide web?

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  • T. Helgason

    (University of York)

  • T. J. Daniell

    (University of York)

  • R. Husband

    (University of York)

  • A. H. Fitter

    (University of York)

  • J. P. W. Young

    (University of York)

Abstract

Key species groups that affect major ecological processes are vital components of community diversity. Many such key groups are found in the soil, including the mycorrhizal fungi that may connect plants into a functional “wood-wide web”1. Arbuscular mycorrhizal associations are formed by fungi of the order Glomales with 90% of land plant families, and many arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are thought to have a broad host range2. Here we show that, despite this broad host range, the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is strikingly low in arable sites compared with a woodland.

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  • T. Helgason & T. J. Daniell & R. Husband & A. H. Fitter & J. P. W. Young, 1998. "Ploughing up the wood-wide web?," Nature, Nature, vol. 394(6692), pages 431-431, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:394:y:1998:i:6692:d:10.1038_28764
    DOI: 10.1038/28764
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    1. P. Wang & J.J. Zhang & B. Shu & R.X. Xia, 2012. "Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with citrus orchards under different types of soil management, southern China," Plant, Soil and Environment, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 58(7), pages 302-308.
    2. R. Michael Lehman & Cynthia A. Cambardella & Diane E. Stott & Veronica Acosta-Martinez & Daniel K. Manter & Jeffrey S. Buyer & Jude E. Maul & Jeffrey L. Smith & Harold P. Collins & Jonathan J. Halvors, 2015. "Understanding and Enhancing Soil Biological Health: The Solution for Reversing Soil Degradation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(1), pages 1-40, January.
    3. Samiran Banerjee & Cheng Zhao & Gina Garland & Anna Edlinger & Pablo García-Palacios & Sana Romdhane & Florine Degrune & David S. Pescador & Chantal Herzog & Lennel A. Camuy-Velez & Jordi Bascompte & , 2024. "Biotic homogenization, lower soil fungal diversity and fewer rare taxa in arable soils across Europe," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.
    4. T E Anne Cotton & Alex J Dumbrell & Thorunn Helgason, 2014. "What Goes in Must Come out: Testing for Biases in Molecular Analysis of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(10), pages 1-7, October.
    5. Alastair Fitter, 2013. "Are Ecosystem Services Replaceable by Technology?," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 55(4), pages 513-524, August.
    6. Peter Horton & Steve A. Banwart & Dan Brockington & Garrett W. Brown & Richard Bruce & Duncan Cameron & Michelle Holdsworth & S. C. Lenny Koh & Jurriaan Ton & Peter Jackson, 2017. "An agenda for integrated system-wide interdisciplinary agri-food research," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 9(2), pages 195-210, April.
    7. G. Song & R. Chen & W. Xiang & F. Yang & S. Zheng & J. Zhang & J. Zhang & X. Lin, 2015. "Contrasting effects of long-term fertilization on the community of saprotrophic fungi and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a sandy loam soil," Plant, Soil and Environment, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 61(3), pages 127-136.

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