Download Quantification of mycorrhizal limitation in beech spread

Nothofagus is a dominant or co-dominant tree genus in around 70% of New Zealand’s indigenous forest area, yet shows limited regeneration into grasslands (Wardle 1984; Wiser et al. 2011). A lack of ectomycorrhizal inoculum more than ‘one to two tree heights’ from established trees was invoked by Baylis (1980) to explain the lack of Nothofagus spp. establishment into grasslands.