Redefining fine roots improves understanding of below‐ground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes

ML McCormack, IA Dickie, DM Eissenstat… - New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Fine roots acquire essential soil resources and mediate biogeochemical cycling in terrestrial
ecosystems. Estimates of carbon and nutrient allocation to build and maintain these …

Ectomycorrhizas and water relations of trees: a review

T Lehto, JJ Zwiazek - Mycorrhiza, 2011 - Springer
There is plenty of evidence for improved nutrient acquisition by ectomycorrhizas in trees;
however, their role in water uptake is much less clear. In addition to experiments showing …

Environmental drivers of ectomycorrhizal communities in Europe's temperate oak forests

LM Suz, N Barsoum, S Benham, HP Dietrich… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Ectomycorrhizal fungi are major ecological players in temperate forests, but they are rarely
used in measures of forest condition because large‐scale, high‐resolution, standardized …

Adaptive root foraging strategies along a boreal–temperate forest gradient

I Ostonen, M Truu, HS Helmisaari, M Lukac… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The tree root–mycorhizosphere plays a key role in resource uptake, but also in the
adaptation of forests to changing environments. The adaptive foraging mechanisms of …

Fine root foraging strategies in N orway spruce forests across a E uropean climate gradient

I Ostonen, HS Helmisaari, W Borken… - Global Change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Fine root acclimation to different environmental conditions is crucial for growth and
sustainability of forest trees. Relatively small changes in fine root standing biomass (FRB) …

Specificity of plant-microbe interactions in the tree mycorrhizosphere biome and consequences for soil C cycling

C Churchland, SJ Grayston - Frontiers in microbiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Mycorrhizal associations are ubiquitous and form a substantial component of the microbial
biomass in forest ecosystems and fluxes of C to these belowground organisms account for a …

Extramatrical mycelia of ectomycorrhizal fungi as moderators of carbon dynamics in forest soil

JWG Cairney - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
Extramatrical mycelia (EMM) of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi are potentially extensive in soil
and receive significant allocations of plant-derived carbon. Although losses from living EMM …

Dynamics of initial carbon allocation after drought release in mature Norway spruce—Increased belowground allocation of current photoassimilates covers only half of …

K Hikino, J Danzberger, VP Riedel… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
After drought events, tree recovery depends on sufficient carbon (C) allocation to the sink
organs. The present study aimed to elucidate dynamics of tree‐level C sink activity and …

Growth, morphological traits and mycorrhizal colonization of fine roots respond differently to nitrogen addition in a slash pine plantation in subtropical China

L Kou, D Guo, H Yang, W Gao, S Li - Plant and Soil, 2015 - Springer
Background and aims Growth, morphological traits, and mycorrhizal colonization of fine
roots show high degree of plasticity in response to changes in nutrient availability, causing …

Soil organic matter quality as a link between microbial community structure and vegetation composition along a successional gradient in a boreal forest

P Merilä, M Malmivaara-Lämsä, P Spetz, S Stark… - Applied Soil …, 2010 - Elsevier
In this study we hypothesized that a change in the composition of vegetation communities is
closely linked to a concurrent change in the structure of microbial communities through the …