Mycorrhizal dynamics in ecological systems /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Allen, Michael F., 1952- (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Title page
  • Copyright information
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Glossary of Key Terms
  • 1 Introduction
  • Historical Types of Mycorrhizae
  • Resource Dynamics and Mycorrhizae
  • Distribution of Mycorrhizae
  • Hierarchy and Complexity
  • Networking Topology and Connectivity Dynamics
  • Complexity and Stoichiometry
  • Natural History, Theory, and Complexity
  • Summary
  • 2 Structure-Functioning Relationships
  • Features in Common
  • Structures of Mycorrhizae and Their Phylogenic Distribution
  • Cell to Mycelial Structure and Connectivity
  • Connectivity of Mycorrhizae
  • Architecture and Distribution of Mycorrhizae
  • Summary
  • 3 Evolutionary Ecology
  • Paleobiology and the Evolution of Mycorrhizae
  • Dawn, Long Beginnings, and the Spread of Mycorrhizae: 500 MYa to 145 MYa
  • Explosion of Mycorrhizae: 145 MYa to 66 MYa
  • A Long Decline and Re-emergence? 66 MYa to Today
  • Mathematical Models, Stability, and Evolutionary Cheaters
  • Fungal Genetic Structure
  • Saprotrophic versus Parasitic versus Mycorrhizal Existence
  • Molecular Attributes and Fungal Infections
  • Summary
  • 4 Physiological Ecology
  • Creating Demand: Stoichiometry
  • Passive Water Mass Flow
  • Apoplastic Flux
  • Bidirectional Flow Patterns and Connectivity: Another Role of Apoplastic Transport
  • Symplastic Water Transport
  • Plant Water Status and Mycorrhizae in the Field
  • Active Transport and Nutrient Uptake
  • P Uptake
  • N Uptake
  • Fe Uptake
  • Stoichiometry, Carbon, and Dynamic Exchanges
  • C:Nutrient Relationships
  • C Uptake and Allocation
  • Responses in Extremes
  • Connectivity and Complexity Implications
  • Summary
  • 5 Population Ecology
  • What Is an Individual versus a Population?
  • Genetic Structure
  • What Is an Appropriate Taxonomic Unit for Population and Community Analyses?
  • Environmental Impacts on Population Differentiation
  • Population Change and r and K Selection
  • Sporocarp and Spore Counts
  • Extramatrical Hyphal Lengths
  • Bioassays
  • Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR)
  • Measuring Fungal Fitness
  • Measuring Plant Fitness
  • Quantitative Modeling of Population Parameters
  • Experimental C and Nutrient Additions
  • Summary
  • 6 Community Ecology
  • Fitness and Limiting Resources: Defining Mechanisms Delineating Community Interactions
  • Competition Is a Critical Mechanism Regulating Species Interactions
  • Demonstrating Competition
  • Determining Mechanisms of Competition
  • The Role of a Common Mycorrhizal Network (CMN)
  • Traits of Resource Extraction
  • Spatial Structure
  • Feedbacks
  • Spatial Structure of a Community
  • Describing a Community Means Defining the Boundaries
  • ? Diversity
  • ? Diversity
  • ? Diversity
  • Island Biogeography
  • Architecture
  • Other Factors
  • Food Webs and Communities
  • Time and Community Structure
  • Integration: Mycorrhizal Community Diversity Patterns
  • Summary
  • 7 Ecosystem Dynamics