Variation in the leaf and root microbiome of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) at an elevational range limit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bacteria, archaea, viruses and fungi live in various plant compartments including leaves and roots. These plant-associated microbial communities have many effects on host fitness and function. Global climate change is impacting plant species distributions, a phenomenon that will affect plant-microbe interactions both directly and indirectly. In order to predict plant responses to global climate change, it will be crucial to improve our understanding of plant-microbe interactions within and at the edge of plant species natural ranges. While microbes affect their hosts, in turn the plant's attributes and the surrounding environment drive the structure and assembly of the microbial communities themselves. However, the patterns and dynamics of these interactions and their ca

SUBMITTER: Wallace J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6097496 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature