Hawkins: Plant-fungal symbiosis acts as an economic market with resource cheaters
Dr. Heidi Jane Hawkins · The fungus among us · Jun 29, 2023 · at 7:38
Soil biologist Dr. Heidi Jane Hawkins discusses research by Toby Kiers framing mycorrhizal nutrient exchange in economic market terms.
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“So describing it as this reciprocal exchange where, like in our own economy, you can get cheetahs you can get fungi that give more than they take or take more than they give. And, you know, like with everything it seems to depend. It depends on the partners involved. It depends on the resources available. You know, and how tough the environmental conditions are, whether this exchange is equitable or not.”
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