Responses of dominant tree-mycorrhizal associations to anthropogenic impacts in the USA

<p>Plant-fungal symbioses play critical roles in vegetation dynamics and nutrient cycling.  Here, we used forest inventory data consisting of three million trees to develop a spatially-resolved mycorrhizal tree map of the continental USA and understand the impacts of anthropogenic impacts on mycorrhizal association shifts. The data published here includes: 1) a list of mycorrhizal tree species, 2) tree mycorrhizal association (AM tree dominance) and climatic variables (MAP and MAT) at FIA plot level, 3) soil data at FIA subplot-level, and 4) changes in tree mycorrhizal association (AM tree dominance) and climate (MAP, MAT) and anthropogenic factors.</p>

<p>For details of this research, please refer to “I. Jo, S. Fei, C. Oswalt, G. M. Domke, R. P. Phillips, Shifts in dominant tree mycorrhizal associations in response to anthropogenic impacts. Sci. Adv. 5, eaav6358 (2019). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav6358.</p>