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Published April 13, 2017 | Version v1
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Data from: MycoDB, a global database of plant response to mycorrhizal fungi

Creators

  • 1. DePaul University
  • 2. National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
  • 3. University of Arizona
  • 4. University of Kansas
  • 5. Colorado State University
  • 6. Indiana University Bloomington
  • 7. Environmental Protection Agency
  • 8. French National Centre for Scientific Research
  • 9. University of Mississippi
  • 10. University of British Columbia
  • 11. Beijing Forestry University
  • 12. King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
  • 13. University of Alberta
  • 14. Brigham Young University
  • 15. Michigan Technological University
  • 16. University of Oregon
  • 17. New Mexico State University
  • 18. University of Georgia
  • 19. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
  • 20. University of North Carolina
  • 21. Maastricht University
  • 22. Safeware Engineering (United States)
  • 23. Oklahoma State University
  • 24. California State University, Northridge

Description

Plants form belowground associations with mycorrhizal fungi in one of the most common symbioses on Earth. However, few large-scale generalizations exist for the structure and function of mycorrhizal symbioses, as the nature of this relationship varies from mutualistic to parasitic and is largely context-dependent. We announce the public release of MycoDB, a database of 4,010 studies (from 438 unique publications) to aid in multi-factor meta-analyses elucidating the ecological and evolutionary context in which mycorrhizal fungi alter plant productivity. Over 10 years with nearly 80 collaborators, we compiled data on the response of plant biomass to mycorrhizal fungal inoculation, including meta-analysis metrics and 24 additional explanatory variables that describe the biotic and abiotic context of each study. We also include phylogenetic trees for all plants and fungi in the database. To our knowledge, MycoDB is the largest ecological meta-analysis database. We aim to share these data to highlight significant gaps in mycorrhizal research and encourage synthesis to explore the ecological and evolutionary generalities that govern mycorrhizal functioning in ecosystems.

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Related works

Is cited by
10.1038/sdata.2016.28 (DOI)