Plant colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is widespread and can offer considerable benefits in terms of growth, nutrient uptake plant yield. However, it still unresolved how different species functional groups respond to AMF taxa. Here we established 336 grassland microcosms determine the response 14 displaying contrasting (grasses, legumes non-leguminous forbs) for presence thre...

Facilitation or competition occurs among plant species when one alter ameliorates the environment for another needs same sources of species. The objective this study was to determine facilitative competitive effect on Bromus variegatus, Festuca ovina, Koeleria cristata growing with isolated, Medicago papillosa, Astragalus microcephalus, Thymus parviflorus, and Hypericum scabrum, arranged in com...

Global minimum temperatures (TMIN) are increasing faster than maximum temperatures, but the ecological consequences of this are largely unexplored. Long-term data sets from the shortgrass steppe were used to identify correlations between TMIN and several vegetation variables. This ecosystem is potentially sensitive to increases in TMIN. Most notably, increased spring TMIN was correlated with de...