Forest Service scientist D. Jean Lodge (left) and collaborator Urmas Koljalg from Estonia after collecting soil near a large tropical tree that forms beneficial root associations with mushroom and other basidiomycete fungi in the El Verde Research Area of the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Urmas Koljalg, Natural History Museum of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia | Snapshot : Beneficial fungi that help tree roots obtain nutrients from soil are less sensitive to climate in temperate and boreal forests than in tropical forests, but the same is true for root pathogens.
Principal Investigators(s) : | Lodge, D. Jean | | Research Location : Luquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto Rico, and forests around the world. | Research Station : Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) | Year : 2015 | Highlight ID : 891 |
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