REU:  Reciprocal Relationships of Distant Sagebrush         Communities with Their Mycorrhizal Fungi
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Artemisia tridentata (sagebrush) is the most widely                        distributed shrub in North America and is the local dominant in                 many communities, due in part to physiological and genetic                      characteristics.  The relationships of A. tridentata with its                   mycorrhizal fungal communities will be examined to determine if                 local adaptations of the endophyte-host relationship have a role                in the wide distribution of the shrub.  These facts are of                      special interest in this relationship.  The shrub has up to a 2.5               times increase in biomass with mycorrhizal infection.  Associated               species of mycorrhizal fungi are of tropical origin in southern                 sites and of temperate origin in the northern sites.  Different                 species of mycorrhizal fungi have different physiological effects               on this host so local fungal communities may explain the success                of the shrub.  Both descriptive and functional approaches,                      including an examination of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal                    fungal communities in stands of A. tridentata throughout its                    distribution and reciprocal transplants of A. tridentata and its                associated fungi between sites in Southern California and                       Southwestern Wyoming, will be taken.  An interdisciplinary team                 of researchers will measure morphological, anatomical,                          physiological, and fungal parameters to determine success of the                transplants.  The measurements will be integrated using a                       conceptual hierarchical model.  These data will be used to sort                 out differences between sites, plant populations, and fungal                    populations and genera on local adaptations of A. tridentata and                its ability to persist in geographically remote sites.
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