A. A. Akhmetzhanova

TL;DR: The BioTIME database contains raw data on species identities and abundances in ecological assemblages through time to enable users to calculate temporal trends in biodiversity within and amongst assemblage using a broad range of metrics.

TL;DR: It is shown for the first time that at the global scale the intensity of plant root colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi strongly relates to warm-season temperature, frost periods and soil carbon-to-nitrogen ratio, and is highest at sites featuring continental climates with mild summers and a high availability of soil nitrogen.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the degree of mycorrhizal fungal colonization has globally consistent patterns across plant species, which suggests that the level of plant species-specific root colonization can be used as a plant trait.

TL;DR: A huge data set on vascular plant mycorrhizal intensity throughout the former Soviet Union is translated and digitized and will help to provide answers to important questions concerning biogeochemical cycling, climate change impacts, and co-evolution of plants and fungi.

TL;DR: In this article, the realised niches of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) virtual taxa (VT; approximately species-level phylogroups) were modelled and found that environmental and spatial variables jointly explained VT distribution worldwide, with temperature and pH being the most important abiotic drivers.