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Extra cellular hyphae traveling in-between plant root cells. Penetrated cell with a formed arbuscule (top right).
Learn how scientists use research to make predictions for how future ecosystems will function. Find out how present-day forests may soon resemble a more ancient past.
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One of the main alpine willow species found in CO, Salix glauca.
These series of experiment that took two years to carry out paint a more descriptive picture of what we see in alpine ecosystems. Compared to aboveground interactions, underground interactions have a stronger influence on species distributions in alpine habitats. Once again, we see how strong a force competition is.
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Cross section of a root; the link between below-ground and above-ground interactions.
This new research changes the way we look at mutualisms within the rhizosphere. Studies like this beg the question, what does symbiosis actually entail?
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Three AMF hosts, Ginkgo biloba, Sequoia sempervirens and Magnolia grandiflora followed by two ECM hosts, Pinus sylvestris and Betula pendula. (f) AMF structures. (g) ECM rootlets. Quirk et al. 2014.
A new negative interaction uncovered in the wake of increased CO2 emissions.
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Stained AMF structures. Procedures I carried out throughout my masters thesis.
New research shows that some plants can recognize if their neighbor is closely related. Because of kin recognition in young plants of common ragweed, closely related neighbors do better by investing more in mycorrhizae. Although mycorrhizae didn't nutritionally benefit these plants, their fungal mutualist offered another type of fitness enhancing reward.
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