Soil microbial community response to ectomycorrhizal dominance in diverse neotropical montane forests

We examined fungal and bacterial/ archaeal community composition in surface soil samples from mixed arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (EM) stands as well as stands dominated by EM-associated Oreomunnea mexicana stands in four adjacent watersheds varying in soil fertility in the Fortuna Forest Reserve, Panama.