Feedback loops involving soil microorganisms can
regulate plant populations. Here, we hypothesize that microorganisms
are most likely to play a role in plant–soil feedback
loops when they possess an affinity for a particular plant and
the capacity to consistently affect the growth of that plant for
good or ill. We...
The Yanacocha mining district is located in the Andes of northern Peru in an area of
relatively thick continental crust (~35 km) and long-lived Cenozoic subduction-related
volcanism. Volcanic activity in the district began at ~20 Ma, and gold deposits (total
resource of ~1500 tonnes of gold) are spatially and temporally...