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Table 1 (continued)
Plant species

Mycorrhizal status

References

Polygonaceae
Polygonum aviculare L. noM-AM Selivanov and Eleusenova ( 1974 ),

Chibrik and Salamatova ( 1985 ),
Mukhin and Betekhtina ( 2006 ),
Glazyrina et al. ( 2007 )

P. bordzilowskii Klokov Unknown

Rumex halacsyi Rech. Unknown

R. stenophyllus Ledeb. Unknown

Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus sceleratus L. noM-AM Wang and Qiu ( 2006 )

Rosaceae
Potentilla supina L. AM Indirect identifi cation

Salicaceae
Populus balsamifera L.

AM-ECM Wang and Qiu ( 2006 )

Salix caspica Pall. AM-ECM Indirect identifi cation

Solanaceae
Hyoscyamus niger L. AM Glazyrina et al. ( 2007 )

Tamaricaceae
Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb. AM Eleusenova and Selivanov ( 1973 )

AM arbuscular mycorrhizas, AM-ECM , arbuscular and ectomycorrhizas
Unknown - unable to install mycorrhizal status, noM - non-mycorrhizal species, noM-AM - variable or optional
mycorrhizal species

vesicles, and hyphae) under a microscope. Most
of the published papers mentioned only the pres-
ence or absence of mycorrhiza without details of
fungal structures. For the identifi cation of mycor-
rhizal status of one to two plant species, data
from papers outside the former USSR (Pendleton
and Smith 1983 ; Shi et al. 2006 ; Liu et al. 2007 ;
Püschel et al. 2007a , b ; Shah et al. 2009 ; Sonjak
et al. 2009 ; Tian et al. 2009 ; Druva-Lusite and
Ievinsh 2010 ) were used.
For the fi nal characteristic of mycorrhizal sta-
tus of plants, all available information was used.
Data from all sources were treated as reliable. No
published data could be found for 13 plant spe-
cies. In this case, plant species were considered
to be mycorrhizal if other closely related species
were able to form mycorrhiza.
Species for which all publications mentioned
the lack of mycorrhizas are believed to be non-
mycorrhizal (noM). The species was considered
as facultatively mycorrhizal (noM-AM) when
they was in some sources appear as mycorrhizal,
while others - like not form mycorrhizas. Species

that form arbuscular mycorrhizas in compliance
with all the sources are believed to be obligately
mycorrhizal (Frost et al. 2001 ). Species both with
arbuscular mycorrhizas and with ectomycorrhi-
zas were considered as mycorrhizal species at the
analysis stage. Nomenclature and authorities are
used as by Cherepanov ( 1995 ).

2.3 Data Analysis

To assess the signifi cance of dynamics of the rep-
resentation of plant species of different mycor-
rhizal status in the course of succession, the
nonparametric Spearman correlation coeffi cient
( r SP ) was used. For an analytical description of
the dynamics of representation of plants species
of the different mycorrhizal status in the course
of succession, the logistic curve was used given
by the expression

Aa  0

P 

 

a 0 ,



1  exp   x