Abstract:Climate change is affecting species and their mutualists and can lead to
interaction weakening and loss. Through independent shifts in partner
phenology and distribution, climatic stress can separate mutualists,
leading to alterations in partner functional traits and fitness. Here,
we explored the effects of drying soils and the loss of microbial
mutualists via soil sterilization on legume germination success and
phenology, focusing on how a loss of mutualisms with soil microbial
species can alter legume early… Show more
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