Misdiagnosis of mycorrhizas and inappropriate recycling of data can lead to false conclusions

Volume: 221, Issue: 1, Pages: 18 - 24
Published: Sep 7, 2018
Abstract
We draw attention to a worrying trend for the uncritical use of ‘recycled’ mycorrhizal data to compile host species lists that include obvious errors or undertake risky analyses that correlate mycorrhizal colonisation levels with environmental or physiological factors despite inherent limitations in datasets. We are not suggesting that all meta-studies are wrong, only that more care should be taken to resolve what can safely be done with...
Paper Details
Title
Misdiagnosis of mycorrhizas and inappropriate recycling of data can lead to false conclusions
Published Date
Sep 7, 2018
Volume
221
Issue
1
Pages
18 - 24
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