Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Global mycorrhizal plant distribution linked to terrestrial carbon stocks

  • Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia,
  • Peter M. van Bodegom,
  • César Terrer,
  • Maarten van’t Zelfde,
  • Ian McCallum,
  • M. Luke McCormack,
  • Joshua B. Fisher,
  • Mark C. Brundrett,
  • Nuno César de Sá,
  • Leho Tedersoo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13019-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Mycorrhizas—mutualistic relationships formed between fungi and most plant species—are functionally linked to soil carbon stocks. Here the authors map the global distribution of mycorrhizal plants and quantify links between mycorrhizal vegetation patterns and terrestrial carbon stocks.