Plant litter chemistry and mycorrhizal roots promote a nitrogen feedback in a temperate forest

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Niche differentiation and expansion of plant species are associated with mycorrhizal symbiosis (2018, background): “…EcM fungi have capabilities to acquire nutrients from organic matter, whereas AM fungi mainly use nutrients in mineral forms (Read & Perez- Moreno, 2003; Wurzburger & Hendrick, 2009; but see Leigh, Hodge, & Fitter, 2009), leading to niche differentiation of plants with respective mycorrhizal types.”
Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments (2018, background): “Aboveground, one of the most crucial variables is light availability, an important driver for niche differentiation in plants (Morin et al., 2011; Yachi and Loreau, 2007), with minor direct effects on the belowground system.”
The world‐wide ‘fast–slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto (2014, background): “However, ectomycorrhizal species may be better able to acquire and use organic nutrients (Read, Leake & Perez-Moreno 2004; Wurzburger & Hendrick 2009; Orwin et al. 2011; Phillips, Midgley & Brozstek 2013), which could help explain their success in ecosystems with low nutrient availability.”
Forest dynamics following eastern hemlock mortality in the southern Appalachians (2012, background): “Rhododendron inhibits growth and germination of other species by also reducing soil resources (Wurzburger and Hendrick 2007, 2009).”