Mutualistic and antagonistic phyllosphere fungi contribute to plant recruitment in natural communities
Mariona Pajares‐Murgó,
José L. Garrido,
Antonio J. Perea
et al.
Abstract:Phyllosphere fungal communities participate in multiple ecological functions (litter decomposition, disease‐causing, plant defence). However, there is a lack of knowledge on whether and how these functions contribute to plant community dynamics under natural conditions.
One of the aspects of plant dynamics in which these fungi can most clearly affect is recruitment, since the success of newly germinated plants can be seriously compromised by pathogenic activity or the absence of mutualistic interactions.
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