ArticleThe ISME journal2019
Plant-microbe specificity varies as a function of elevation.
Article in The ISME journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Hawaiian Fungal Amplicon Sequence Variants Reveal Otherwise Hidden Biogeography.Microbial ecology · 2022Pooled it
- Sustaining Ecological Functional Zones: The Stabilizing Role of Common Fungi Against Warming Revealed by Altitudinal Transect.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Harnessing endophytic fungi for sustainable agriculture: ecological roles, mechanisms, and future prospects.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Host identity, more than elevation, shapes bee microbiomes along a tropical elevation gradient.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Increased host diversity limits bacterial generalism but may promote microbe-microbe interactions.ISME communications · 2025Article
- Interplay of biotic and abiotic factors shapes tree seedling growth and root-associated microbial communities.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Community ecological succession of endophytic fungi associates with medicinal compound accumulation inMicrobiology spectrum · 2024Article
- Microbiome specificity and fluxes between two distant plant taxa in Iberian forests.Environmental microbiome · 2023Article
- Plant and fungal species interactions differ between aboveground and belowground habitats in mountain forests of eastern China.Science China. Life sciences · 2023Article
- Seasonal Shifts in Bacterial and Fungal Microbiomes of Leaves and Associated Leaf-Mining Larvae Reveal Persistence of Core Taxa Regardless of Diet.Microbiology spectrum · 2023Article
- Fatty acid metabolites ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- The Importance of Microorganisms for Sustainable Agriculture-A Review.Metabolites · 2022Review
- Grass species identity shapes communities of root and leaf fungi more than elevation.ISME communications · 2022Article
- Endophytic Fungal Terpenoids: Natural Role and Bioactivities.Microorganisms · 2022Review
- Plant-microbe interactions in the phyllosphere: facing challenges of the anthropocene.The ISME journal · 2022Review
- New opportunities in plant microbiome engineering for increasing agricultural sustainability under stressful conditions.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Review
- Fungal Communities of the Pine Wilt Disease Complex: Studying the Interaction of Ophiostomatales WithFrontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- The Microbiome of the Reef MacroalgaMicroorganisms · 2021Article
- Article
- Diversity of Root Nodule-Associated Bacteria of Diverse Legumes Along an Elevation Gradient in the Kunlun Mountains, China.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Specialized associations between interacting species fundamentally determine the diversity and distribution of both partners. How the specialization of guilds of organisms varies along environmental gradients underpins popular theories of biogeography and macroecology, whereas the degree of specialization of a species is typically considered fixed. However, the extent to which environmental context impacts specialization dynamics is seldom examined empirically. In this study, we examine how specialization within a bipartite network consisting of three co-occurring plant species and their foliar fungal endophyte symbionts changes along a 1000-meter elevation gradient where host species were held constant. The gradient, along the slope of Mauna Loa shield volcano, represents almost the entire elevational range of two of the three plants. Network and plant specialization values displayed a parabolic relationship with elevation, and were highest at middle elevations, whereas bipartite associations were least specific at low and high elevations. Shannon's diversity of fungal endophytes correlated negatively with specificity, and was highest at the ends of the transects. Although plant host was a strong determinant of fungal community composition within sites, fungal species turnover was high among sites. There was no evidence of spatial or elevational patterning in fungal community compositon. Our work demonstrates that specificity can be a plastic trait, which is influenced by the environment and centrality of the host within its natural range.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.