Fungi contribute to plant mineral nutrition through diverse symbiotic mycorrhizal
associations. Although historically most attention has been put on Glomeromycotina fungi …

The global retreat of glaciers is dramatically altering mountain and high-latitude landscapes,
with new ecosystems develo** from apparently barren substrates,,–. The study of these …

Multicellular organisms harbor populations of microbial symbionts; some of these symbionts
can be dispersed through the feeding activities of consumers. Studies of consumer …

Soybean (Glycine max L.) is an economically important crop, and is cultivated worldwide,
although increasingly long periods of drought have reduced the productivity of this plant …

The development of terrestrial ecosystems depends greatly on plant mutualists such as
mycorrhizal fungi. The global retreat of glaciers exposes nutrient‐poor substrates in extreme …

Island biogeography has classically focused on abiotic drivers of species distributions.
However, recent work has highlighted the importance of mutualistic biotic interactions in …

The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) dominates global patterns of diversity,, but the factors
that underlie the LDG remain elusive. Here we use a unique global dataset to show that …

The island syndrome is defined as a suite of predictable and consistent differences between
island and mainland organisms. In seed plants, much of what we know about the island …

Plant–microbe interactions play an important role in structuring plant communities.
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are particularly important. Nonetheless, increasing …

Human land use disturbance is a major contributor to the loss of natural plant communities,
and this is particularly true in areas used for agriculture, such as the Midwestern tallgrass …