Figures & data
Table 1 Plant species composition on sites of Soldanella carpatica along an altitudinal gradient in the Western Tatra Mts. (calcareous substrata; I = 1000 m a.s.l., II = 1510 m a.s.l., III = 2050 m a.s.l.) and Homogyne alpina in the High Tatra Mts. (non-calcareous substrata; IV = 1040 m a.s.l., V = 1550 m a.s.l., VI = 2050 m a.s.l.); abundance of plant species according to Braun-Blanquet method: species absent (−), few with small cover (+), 1 = numerous but <5% cover, 2 = 5–25% cover, 3 = 25–50%, 4 = 50–75%, 5 = 75–100%.
Table 2 The chemical properties of soil from the sites along altitudinal gradients in the Tatra Mts.; W.T. = Western Tatra Mts. (calcareous substrata), H.T. = High Tatra Mts. (non-calcareous substrata).
Table 3 Fungal root colonization of Soldanella carpatica and Homogyne alpina at the sites along altitudinal gradients in the Tatra Mts.; W.T. = Western Tatra Mts. (calcareous substrata), H.T. = High Tatra Mts. (non-calcareous substrata); mycorrhizal parameters [%] (mean): mycorrhizal frequency (F), relative mycorrhizal root length (M), and relative arbuscular richness (A); FDSE = frequency of dark septate endophytes (DSE) occurrence in roots [%] (mean); different letters after values indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05). AMF = arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
Table 4 AMF species (Glomeromycota) associated with Soldanella carpatica rhizosphere along an altitudinal gradient in the Western Tatra Mts. (calcareous substrata); I = 1000 m a.s.l., II = 1510 m a.s.l., III = 2050 m a.s.l.; AMF species present (+)/absent (−).
Table 5 AMF species (Glomeromycota) associated with Homogyne alpina rhizosphere along an altitudinal gradient in the High Tatra Mts. (non-calcareous substrata); IV = 1040 m a.s.l., V = 1550 m a.s.l., VI = 2050 m a.s.l.; AMF species present (+)/absent (−).
