Symbiotic fungi. “considerable amounts of carbon — the energy currency of all ecosystems — can flow through the hyphae of shared fungal symbionts from tree to tree, indeed, from species to species, in a temperate forest.” https://t.co/WqQAv0u38b https://t.
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“Evidence from fossils of the earliest land plants, as well as molecular studies, confirms that roots co-evolved with fungal partners to form structures known as mycorrhizas — literally, ‘fungus-roots’.” Are forests a superorganism? https://t.co/WqQAv0u38
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The ties that bind | Nature https://t.co/cqd9qNIz0C
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@steven_meeus @filletk Voor de liefhebber: Simard publiceerde eerste artikel dat wetenschappelijke consensus (evolutie steunt op competitie) in vraag stelde al in 1997. Hier artikel in zelfde tijdschriftnummer dat belang ervan weergeeft, met link naar art