The impact of forest fragmentation on mycorrhizal communities KU Leuven
Mass conversion of land from a natural to an anthropogenic state has resulted in the reduction and fragmentation of natural habitats. This has severe consequences for biodiversity. In this project we study how forest fragmentation affects an important ecological group, the mycorrhizal fungi, and how this group responds to restoration efforts. We focus on two types of mycorrhiza: arbuscular mycorrhiza (formed between 72% of all land plants and ...