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Chiariello N, Hickman JC, Mooney HA. Endomycorrhizal role for interspecific transfer of phosphorus in a community of annual plants. Science. 1982;217(4563):941-3doi: 10.1126/science.217.4563.941.
Chiariello, N., Hickman, J. C., & Mooney, H. A. (1982). Endomycorrhizal role for interspecific transfer of phosphorus in a community of annual plants. Science (New York, N.Y.), 217(4563), 941-3. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.217.4563.941
Chiariello, N, et al. "Endomycorrhizal role for interspecific transfer of phosphorus in a community of annual plants." Science (New York, N.Y.) vol. 217,4563 (1982): 941-3. doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.217.4563.941
Chiariello N, Hickman JC, Mooney HA. Endomycorrhizal role for interspecific transfer of phosphorus in a community of annual plants. Science. 1982 Sep 03;217(4563):941-3. doi: 10.1126/science.217.4563.941. PMID: 17747956.
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Science. 1982 Sep 03;217(4563):941-3. doi: 10.1126/science.217.4563.941.

Endomycorrhizal role for interspecific transfer of phosphorus in a community of annual plants.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

N Chiariello, J C Hickman, H A Mooney

PMID: 17747956 DOI: 10.1126/science.217.4563.941

Abstract

Phosphorus-32 applied to leaves of Plantago erecta in a serpentine annual grassland reached the shoots of about 20 percent of the close neighbors. Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae connect the root systems of neighbors of different species and probably mediate nutrient transfers among them. Spatial patterns of transfer show that taxonomic affinity, distance from donor, and size of recipient do not serve as predictors of transfer and that models of transfer by simple diffusion are not appropriate. No alternative predictor was discovered. The results underscore the importance of belowground interactions in explaining neighbor effects, but the factors controlling nutrient transfer and its consequences for community structure appear complex.

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