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-# Bowman-Arnold_DistanceDecaySymbiotrophicFungi
-Code and data to accompany manuscript "Drivers and implications of distance decay differ for ectomycorrhizal and foliar endophytic fungi across an anciently fragmented landscape", published in ISME Journal.