Soil fungal networks moderate density-dependent survival and growth of seedlings

We
conducted an extensive field survey to test how mycorrhizal and pathogenic
fungal colonization of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (ECM)
seedlings in a subtropical forest respond to density of neighbouring adult
trees. In addition, we undertook a hyphal exclusion experiment to explicitly test
the role of soil fungal networks in driving density-dependent effects on
seedling growth and survival.