Introduction and persistance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculum

丛枝菌根真菌（AMF）是重要的根系共生菌，对植物和生态系统具有重要的作用。 虽然这些真菌是由人类传播的，但人们对它们在新生态系统中建立和持续存在的能力知之甚少。 这是一个问题，因为它们不仅由于人类运动和土地使用而移动，而且它们还被用作“生物肥料”管理和干扰生态系统。 为了了解这种运动的后果，我们需要更多地了解AMF的基本生物学，包括它们对干扰的反应，它们的竞争相互作用以及它们入侵不同系统的能力。 我建议分类的入侵成功AMF的基础上，他们的生活史策略的差异，也就是说，他们的特点，使他们能够殖民，成长和传播。 此外，被入侵地点的特征也将用于预测入侵成功。 这些知识可用于增强当前的农业/恢复实践，也可用于管理意外引入AMF的景观。

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are important root symbionts that confer many benefits to plants and ecosystems. Although these fungi are spread by humans, little is known about their ability to establish and persist in novel ecosystems. This is a problem because not only do they move as a consequence of human movement and land use, but they are also being applied to managed nd disturbed ecosystems as 'biofertilizer'. To understand the consequences of this movement, we need to learn more about the basic biology of AMF, including their response to disturbance, their competitive interactions and their ability to invade different systems. I propose to classify the invasion success of AMF based on differences in their life history strategies, that is, their traits that allow them to colonize, grow and spread. In addition, the characteristics of the site to be invaded will also be used to predict invasion success. This knowledge can be used to augment current agricultural/restoration practices, and also to manage landscapes where AMF have been introduced accidentally.