Mycorrhizae, invasions, and the temporal dynamics of mutualism disruption
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DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12853
Abstract: Summary An increasingly recognized impact of plant invaders is the disruption of positive interactions between native plants and their belowground mutualistic mycorrhizal fungi. We reviewed 112 studies from 61 publications that report invader impacts on… read more here.
Keywords: mutualism disruption; plant; disruption; temporal dynamics ... See more keywords
Mutualism disruption by an invasive ant reduces carbon fixation for a foundational East African ant-plant.
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DOI: 10.1111/ele.13725
Abstract: Invasive ants shape assemblages and interactions of native species, but their effect on fundamental ecological processes is poorly understood. In East Africa, Pheidole megacephala ants have invaded monodominant stands of the ant-tree Acacia drepanolobium, extirpating… read more here.
Keywords: disruption invasive; mutualism disruption; carbon; invasive ants ... See more keywords