Mathew Andrew Harris1,2; Martin
Kemler3; Bernard Slippers2,4;
Samantha-Leigh Jamison-Daniels1; Frederick
Witfeld3; Monique Botha1; Dominik
Begerow3; Andreas Brachmann5 &
Michelle Greve1,2
1 – Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Pretoria,
Private Bag X20, Pretoria, 0002,
South Africa
2 – Forestry and Agricultural
Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20,
Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
3 – Evolution of Plants and Fungi, Ruhr-Universität Bochum,
Universitätsstr. 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
4 – Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University
of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
5 – Genetics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Großhaderner Str.
2-4 82152 Planegg-Martinsried München, Germany
Corresponding author’s contact details
e-mail:
mathew.harris@fabi.up.ac.za
Address: Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria,
Private Bag X20, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
phone: +27 12 420 2487
Running title: Decoupled plant-endophyte successional trends.
Significance statement (which places this work in the top 10%): This is
the first test of whether endophyte communities follow the successional
trends displayed by a woody community undergoing deterministic
succession.