Claim · model-written summary
The community composition of soil fungal pathogens was significantly associated with tree demography.
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t0“Tree Demography”
e0“Community composition of soil fungal pathogens, but not mycorrhizal fungi, exhibited significant associations with tree demography”
Title
Sana Rouf; Junfang Chen; Xian Wu; et al. Journal of Vegetation Science 2026. doi:10.1111/jvs.70131
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation In the subtropical forest the recruitment rate exceeded the mortality rate during 2010-2020.
- Observation In the subtropical forest the juvenile growth rate was higher than the adult growth rate.
- Association The community composition of mycorrhizal fungi was not significantly associated with tree demography.
- Association Soil fungal pathogens were negatively correlated with tree recruitment and juvenile growth rates.
- Association Soil fungal pathogens were positively correlated with tree mortality and adult growth rates.
- Association Soil fungal community stability was positively associated with tree recruitment and juvenile growth rates.
- Association Soil fungal community stability was negatively associated with the tree mortality rate.
- Association Soil physicochemical and topographic variables were identified as important predictors of tree demography rates.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that soil pathogenic fungi and fungal community stability can serve as bioindicators of forest regeneration potential.