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. 2019 Mar 25;13(8):1891–1898. doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0403-2

Table 1.

Evidence of AM fungi in leaf litter has come from a variety of ecosystems but only seven publications. Data in this table are taken directly from referenced publications unless noted otherwise. Abbreviations are used for elevation (elev.), temperature (temp.), and months (mo.)

Type of evidence Climate, habitat type Location Elev. (m) Annual rainfall (mm) Annual temp. (°C) Type of study Reference Notes
Microscopy/morphological identification Tropical, montane—deforested Zipacón, Cundinamarca, Colombia 04°56’23” N; 73°50’11” W 2650 735 15 Natural litter [28]
Tropical, montane—ranch Guatavita, Cundinamarca, Colombia 04°46'06” N; 74°22’45” W 2550 1274 14 Natural litter [28]
Tropical, montane—páramos Subachoque, Cundinamarca, Colombia 04°55’54” N; 74°10’35” W 3450 865 13 Natural litter [28] a
Tropical, riparian wet forest Medina, Cundinamarca, Colombia 04°30’ N; 73°29’ W 240 3170 27 Natural litter [66]
Tropical, evergreen lower montane forest Cordillera Real, Ecuador 03°59’ S; 79°05’ W 2030–2120 2600 15 Natural litter [67]
Subtropical, hardwood hammock Miami, Florida, USA 25°39’57" N; 80°16’49" W 17 1400–1525 18–27 Litterbags 2.3–18 mo. [68] b
Temperate, mixed maritime forest Bellingham, Washington, USA 48°44’10” N; 122°28’53” W 150–210 910 10 Litterbags 2.5–5 mo. This study
Temperate, mixed maritime forest Bellingham, Washington, USA 48°39’17” N; 122°27’43” W 400–560 910 10 Litterbags 2.5–5 mo. This study
Molecular: ITS Temperate, oak forest Xaverovský Háj Natural Reserve, Prague, Czech Republic 50°05’38” N; 14°36’48” E 227 521 9 Litterbags 0–24 mo. [26] c
Temperate, mixed temperate forest Masaryk Forest Křtiny, Brno, Czech Republic 49°15’ N; 16°15’ W 488 400–500 8.5–9.0 Natural litter [27] d
Molecular: SSU Temperate, mixed maritime forest Bellingham, Washington, USA 48°44’10” N; 122°28’53” W 150–210 910 10 Litterbags 2.5–5 mo. This study
Temperate, mixed maritime forest Bellingham, Washington, USA 48°39’17” N; 122°27’43” W 400–560 910 10 Litterbags 2.5–5 mo. This study

aMean annual temperature and rainfall taken from climate-data.org for Subachoque (https://en.climate-data.org/location/34084/; Accessed 10 Oct 2018)

bCoordinates and elevation provided by David Janos

cElevation estimated by Google Earth (https://www.google.com/earth/; Accessed 10 Oct 2018) given the latitude and longitude coordinates

dElevation estimated by Google Earth (https://www.google.com/earth/; Accessed 10 Oct 2018) given the latitude and longitude coordinates. Mean annual rainfall estimated from the 1961 to 1990 normals for Prague (https://usclimatedata.com/climate/czech-republic/ez#; Accessed 10 Oct 2018)