{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["5(10)"],"submitter":["Schreeg LA"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Local plant-soil associations are commonly studied at the species-level, while associations at the level of nodes within a phylogeny have been less well explored. Understanding associations within a phylogenetic context, however, can improve our ability to make predictions across systems and can advance our understanding of the role of evolutionary history in structuring communities.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Here we quantified evolutionary signal in plant-soil associations using a DNA sequence-based community phylogeny and several soil variables (e.g., extractable phosphorus, aluminum and manganese, pH, and slope as a proxy for soil water). We used published plant distributional data from the 50-ha plot on Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Republic of Panamá. Our"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pagination":["e13685"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC2965121"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Phylogenetic analysis of local-scale tree soil associations in a lowland moist tropical forest."],"pmcid":["PMC2965121"],"pubmed_authors":["Kress WJ","Schreeg LA","Swenson NG","Erickson DL"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Phylogenetic analysis of local-scale tree soil associations in a lowland moist tropical forest.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Local plant-soil associations are commonly studied at the species-level, while associations at the level of nodes within a phylogeny have been less well explored. Understanding associations within a phylogenetic context, however, can improve our ability to make predictions across systems and can advance our understanding of the role of evolutionary history in structuring communities.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Here we quantified evolutionary signal in plant-soil associations using a DNA sequence-based community phylogeny and several soil variables (e.g., extractable phosphorus, aluminum and manganese, pH, and slope as a proxy for soil water). We used published plant distributional data from the 50-ha plot on Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Republic of Panamá. Our","dates":{"release":"2010-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2010 Oct","modification":"2025-04-19T23:56:49.458Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:09:05Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC2965121","cross_references":{"pubmed":["21060686"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0013685"]}}