High-severity wildfire reduces richness and alters composition of ectomycorrhizal fungi in low-severity adapted ponderosa pine forests

MF Pulido-Chavez, EC Alvarado, TH DeLuca… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests are increasingly experiencing high-severity,
stand-replacing fires. Whereas alterations to aboveground ecosystems have been …

Shifts in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities and exploration types relate to the environment and fine-root traits across interior Douglas-fir forests of western Canada

CE Defrenne, TJ Philpott, SHA Guichon… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Large-scale studies that examine the responses of ectomycorrhizal fungi across
biogeographic gradients are necessary to assess their role in mediating current and …

Ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic soil fungal biomass are driven by different factors and vary among broadleaf and coniferous temperate forests

A Awad, A Majcherczyk, P Schall, K Schröter… - Soil Biology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Functionally, ectomycorrhizal (ECM) and saprotrophic (SAP) fungi belong to different guilds,
and they play contrasting roles in forest ecosystem C-cycling. SAP fungi acquire C by …

Natural forest chronosequence maintains better soil fertility indicators and assemblage of total belowground soil biota than Chinese fir monoculture in subtropical …

W Islam, HSA Saqib, M Tayyab, Z Wang, X Ding… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil biota are critical for services and the functionality of terrestrial ecosystems. Studying the
composition of total belowground soil biota across different ecological scales has become …

Soil microbial legacy determines mycorrhizal colonization and root traits of conifer seedlings during subalpine forest succession

X Wang, Y Kou, J Liu, W Zhao, Q Liu - Plant and Soil, 2023 - Springer
Aim Soil microbial legacy is a potentially important regulator of the associations of plants
and mycorrhizal fungi. However, our understanding of how plant performance and root …

Abiotic environmental factors drive the diversity, compositional dynamics and habitat preference of ectomycorrhizal fungi in Pannonian forest types

J Geml, CM Leal, R Nagy, J Sulyok - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi are among the most diverse and dominant fungal groups in
temperate forests and are crucial for ecosystem functioning of forests and their resilience …

Ectomycorrhizal community associated with Cedrus deodara in four urban forests of Nantong in East China

Z Wen, C Lin, X Xu, S Ma, Y Peng, Y Sun… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi play fundamental roles in host plant growth and terrestrial
ecosystems. Cedrus deodara is cultivated in several regions in China, has high ecological …

Soil nutrients and plant diversity affect ectomycorrhizal fungal community structure and functional traits across three subalpine coniferous forests

N Yang, J Hua, J Zhang, D Liu, P Bhople, X Li… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The symbiotic relationship between ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) and the roots of host plants
is significantly important in regulating the health and stability of ecosystems, especially of …

High fungal diversity but low seasonal dynamics and ectomycorrhizal abundance in a Mountain Beech forest

M Gorfer, M Mayer, H Berger, B Rewald, C Tallian… - Microbial ecology, 2021 - Springer
Forests on steep slopes constitute a significant proportion of European mountain areas and
are important as production and protection forests. This study describes the soil fungal …

Predictors of taxonomic and functional composition of black spruce seedling ectomycorrhizal fungal communities along peatland drainage gradients

SF Hupperts, EA Lilleskov - Mycorrhiza, 2022 - Springer
Many trees depend on symbiotic ectomycorrhizal fungi for nutrients in exchange for
photosynthetically derived carbohydrates. Trees growing in peatlands, which cover 3% of …