Location, but not defensive genotype, determines ectomycorrhizal community composition in Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris L.) seedlings

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS JD was supported by a studentship from the School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh. The authors would like to thank the landowners (LC: The Honourable PR Smith Trust, SD: Mr Hugh Tollemanche, BE: Scottish Natural Heritage, RM: Rothiemurchus Estate, AB: The RSPB, GD: Marr Lodge) for allowing access to conduct the necessary fieldwork, Joan Beaton for field assistance and production of seedlings, Sheila Reid for assistance in the field and chemical analyses, David Sim for assistance with fieldwork, Wendela Tarbuck who conducted some of the morphotyping, Nadine Thomas, Will Goodall‐Copestake, and Annika Perry for their help, training, and advice on the molecular portion of this work, and Ally Philimore and Jarrod Hadfield (University of Edinburgh) for their help constructing the turnover models. The authors also thank Scottish Government Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services (RESAS) for funding and the two anonymous reviewers whose comments were very helpful in improving the manuscript.Peer reviewedPublisher PD