The Wood Wide Web
In short: Explore the symbiotic mycorrhizal networks that allow trees to share nutrients and carbon dioxide across vast underground distances.
A 1:26 short film in the series “Nature Invented It First”.
Sources used in this film: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Common Mycorrhizae Network: A Review of the Theories and Mechanisms Behind Underground Interactions”; Princeton University, “Research reveals the underground 'traffic' between fungi and plants”; Nature, “Hijacking common mycorrhizal networks for herbivore-induced defence signal transfer between tomato plants - Scientific Reports”; PLOS Pathogens, “Forest tree diversity is dependent on both mycorrhizal type and scale”; Forestry Commission, “Fungi are the foundation for new life and healthy woodland ecosystems – Forestry Commission”.
Sources used in this film
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Common Mycorrhizae Network: A Review of the Theories and Mechanisms Behind Underground Interactions · View →
- Princeton University — Research reveals the underground 'traffic' between fungi and plants · View →
- Nature — Hijacking common mycorrhizal networks for herbivore-induced defence signal transfer between tomato plants - Scientific Reports · View →
- PLOS Pathogens — Forest tree diversity is dependent on both mycorrhizal type and scale · View →
- Forestry Commission — Fungi are the foundation for new life and healthy woodland ecosystems – Forestry Commission · 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: Princeton University: Research reveals the underground 'traffic' between fungi and plants
- Also: Nature: Hijacking common mycorrhizal networks for herbivore-induced defence signal transfer between tomato plants - Scientific Reports
- Also: PLOS Pathogens: Forest tree diversity is dependent on both mycorrhizal type and scale
- Also: Fungi are the foundation for new life and healthy woodland ecosystems – Forestry Commission
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