ReviewMicrobial ecology2021
Dispersal of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Evidence and Insights for Ecological Studies.
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- Maximum entropy networks show that plant-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associations are anti-nested and modular.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- The biogeography of soil and airborne fungi in the Southwestern USA in relation to climate and vegetation.ISME communications · 2026Article
- Integrating belowground recovery into tropical forest restoration design and monitoring.Bioscience · 2025Article
- Diversity of fungi attached to birds corresponds to the habitat ecologies of their avian dispersal vectors.Annals of botany · 2025Article
- Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Eastern Joshua Tree Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Largely Consistent Across Roots, Soils, and Seasons.Environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- The impact of land use change on mycorrhizal fungi and their associations with rodents: insights from a temperate forest in Mexico.Mycorrhiza · 2025Article
- Review: roles of mycorrhizal symbioses and associated soil microbiomes in ecological restoration.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
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- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spore communities and co-occurrence networks demonstrate host-specific variation throughout the growing season.Mycorrhiza · 2024Article
- Rhizophagus intraradices and Azospirillum brasilense improve growth of herbaceous plants and soil biological activity in revegetation of a recovering coal-mining area.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2024Article
- Evidence for adaptation of colourful truffle-like fungi for birds in Aotearoa-New Zealand.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Effects of root-colonizing fungi on pioneer Pinus thunbergii seedlings in primary successional volcanic mudflow on Kuchinoerabu Island, Japan.Mycorrhiza · 2024Article
- Assessment of fungal spores and spore-like diversity in environmental samples by targeted lysis.BMC microbiology · 2023Article
- Ecological corridors homogenize plant root endospheric mycobiota.The New phytologist · 2023Article
- A 3-year application of different mycorrhiza-based plant biostimulants distinctively modulates photosynthetic performance, leaf metabolism, and fruit quality in grapes (Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Does Commercial Inoculation Promote Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Invasion?Microorganisms · 2022Article
- Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Taxa Show Variable Patterns of Micro-Scale Dispersal in Prairie Restorations.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Dispersal is a critical ecological process that modulates gene flow and contributes to the maintenance of genetic and taxonomic diversity within ecosystems. Despite an increasing global understanding of the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal diversity, distribution and prevalence in different biomes, we have largely ignored the main dispersal mechanisms of these organisms. To provide a geographical and scientific overview of the available data, we systematically searched for the direct evidence on the AM fungal dispersal agents (abiotic and biotic) and different propagule types (i.e. spores, extraradical hyphae or colonized root fragments). We show that the available data (37 articles) on AM fungal dispersal originates mostly from North America, from temperate ecosystems, from biotic dispersal agents (small mammals) and AM fungal spores as propagule type. Much lesser evidence exists from South American, Asian and African tropical systems and other dispersers such as large-bodied birds and mammals and non-spore propagule types. We did not find strong evidence that spore size varies across dispersal agents, but wind and large animals seem to be more efficient dispersers. However, the data is still too scarce to draw firm conclusions from this finding. We further discuss and propose critical research questions and potential approaches to advance the understanding of the ecology of AM fungi dispersal.
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