The mutualism-parasitism continuum in ectomycorrhizas: a quantitative assessment using meta-analysis.

@article{Karst2008TheMC,
  title={The mutualism-parasitism continuum in ectomycorrhizas: a quantitative assessment using meta-analysis.},
  author={Justine Karst and Laurie B. Marczak and Melanie D. Jones and Roy Turkington},
  journal={Ecology},
  year={2008},
  volume={89 4},
  pages={
          1032-42
        }
}
Context dependency is deemed to position the outcomes of species interactions along a continuum of mutualism to parasitism. Thus, it is imperative to understand which factors determine where a particular interspecific interaction falls along the continuum. Over the past 20 years research on the ectomycorrhizal symbiosis has resulted in sufficient independent studies to now generalize about the factors and mechanisms that affect host response to ectomycorrhizas. Using meta-analysis we… 
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