How Mycelial Networks Transport Nutrients in Forests
In short: Explore the 'wood wide web' where fungal mycelia connect trees to share nutrients and signals.
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Sources used in this film: Frontiers in Fungal Biology, “Common Mycorrhizae Network: A Review of the Theories and Mechanisms Behind Underground Interactions”; Science, “How mycorrhizal associations drive plant population and community biology”; U.S. Department of Energy, “Does resource exchange in ectomycorrhizal symbiosis vary with competitive context and nitrogen addition?”; Nature Communications Biology, “Mycorrhizal C/N ratio determines plant-derived carbon and nitrogen allocation to symbiosis”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Inter-plant communication through mycorrhizal networks mediates complex adaptive behaviour in plant communities”; Springer Nature, “The Wood Wide Web”; Nature, “Net transfer of carbon between ectomycorrhizal tree species in the field”.
Sources used in this film
- Frontiers in Fungal Biology — Common Mycorrhizae Network: A Review of the Theories and Mechanisms Behind Underground Interactions · View →
- Science — How mycorrhizal associations drive plant population and community biology · View →
- U.S. Department of Energy — Does resource exchange in ectomycorrhizal symbiosis vary with competitive context and nitrogen addition? · View →
- Nature Communications Biology — Mycorrhizal C/N ratio determines plant-derived carbon and nitrogen allocation to symbiosis · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Inter-plant communication through mycorrhizal networks mediates complex adaptive behaviour in plant communities · View →
- Springer Nature — The Wood Wide Web · View →
- Nature — Net transfer of carbon between ectomycorrhizal tree species in the field · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Frontiers in Fungal Biology: Common Mycorrhizae Network: A Review of the Theories and Mechanisms Behind Underground Interactions
- Also: Science: How mycorrhizal associations drive plant population and community biology
- Also: U.S. Department of Energy: Does resource exchange in ectomycorrhizal symbiosis vary with competitive context and nitrogen addition?
- Also: Nature Communications Biology: Mycorrhizal C/N ratio determines plant-derived carbon and nitrogen allocation to symbiosis
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Inter-plant communication through mycorrhizal networks mediates complex adaptive behaviour in plant communities
- Also: Springer Nature: The Wood Wide Web
- Also: Nature: Net transfer of carbon between ectomycorrhizal tree species in the field
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