@article{fdi:010037622,
  title = {{O}ccurrence of mycorrhizal symbioses in the metal-rich lateritic soils of the {K}oniambo {M}assif, {N}ew {C}aledonia},
  author = {{P}errier, {N}icolas and {A}mir, {H}. and {C}olin, {F}abrice},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhiza ({AM}) was surveyed in ten endemic plant species of the {K}oniambo {M}assif ({N}ew {C}aledonia) and associated metal-enriched ultramafic soils along a topographic sequence ranging from a plateau at 900 m altitude to a valley at 700 m. {I}n the four different plant formations ({A}raucaria group on the plateau, ligno-herbaceous maquis, {T}ristaniopsis maquis and {N}othofagus forest in the valley), all plants were consistently colonised by {AM} fungi, even the sedges {C}ostularia arundinacea, {C}. nervosa and {L}epidosperma perteres and the nickel-hyperaccumulating plant {P}hyllanthus favieri. {D}ual ({AM} and ectomycorrhiza {EM}) colonisation was observed in the two plant formations dominated by the ectomycorrhizal plants {N}othofagus balansae for the forest (site 4) and {T}ristaniopsis guillainii and {T}. calobuxus for the {T}ristaniopsis maquis (site 3). {I}n the soils, there are strong positive correlations between microbial activity, black {AM} spore abundance and concentrations of available metals indicating the role of the biotic component in the release of metals. {T}hese results suggest that these symbioses are important in the adaptation of the endemic plants to these soils, and may be relevant to ecological restoration of the ancient nickel mines.},
  keywords = {{N}ew {C}aledonia ; arbuscular mycorrhiza ; ultramafic soils ; metals ; adaptation},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}ycorrhiza},
  volume = {16},
  numero = {7},
  pages = {449--458},
  ISSN = {0940-6360},
  year = {2006},
  DOI = {10.1007/s00572-006-0057-6},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010037622},
}