Effects of natural resource development on the terrestrial biodiversity of Canadian boreal forests

LA Venier, ID Thompson, R Fleming… - Environmental …, 2014 - cdnsciencepub.com
Much of Canada's terrestrial biodiversity is supported by boreal forests. Natural resource
development in boreal forests poses risks to this biodiversity. This paper reviews the …

Mycorrhizal networks: a review of their extent, function, and importance

SW Simard, DM Durall - Canadian Journal of Botany, 2004 - cdnsciencepub.com
It is well known from laboratory studies that a single mycorrhizal fungal isolate can colonize
different plant species, form interplant linkages, and provide a conduit for interplant transfer …

For what, when, and where is green-tree retention better than clear-cutting? A review of the biodiversity aspects

R Rosenvald, A Lõhmus - Forest Ecology and Management, 2008 - Elsevier
Green-tree retention cutting (GTR) is a modification of traditional clear-cutting, aimed at
better consideration of biodiversity. We reviewed 214 North American and European studies …

Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities in young forest stands regenerating after clearcut logging

MD Jones, DM Durall, JWG Cairney - New Phytologist, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The effects on the ectomycorrhizal fungal community of clearcut logging, which is used to
harvest millions of hectares of ectomycorrhizal forest annually, has been studied for a …

Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities at forest edges

IAN A. DICKIE, PB Reich - Journal of Ecology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Ectomycorrhizal fungi are spatially associated with established ectomycorrhizal
vegetation, but the influence of distance from established vegetation on the presence …

Influences of established trees on mycorrhizas, nutrition, and growth of Quercus rubra seedlings

IA Dickie, RT Koide, KC Steiner - Ecological Monographs, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Established plants may facilitate the regeneration of closely related seedlings if they
increase populations of mutualistic symbionts that would otherwise be limiting. In this study …

[PDF][PDF] Diversity and specificity of ectomycorrhizal fungi retrieved from an old‐growth Mediterranean forest dominated by Quercus ilex

F Richard, S Millot, M Gardes, MA Selosse - New Phytologist, 2005 - academia.edu
We analysed the ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal diversity in a Mediterranean old-growth
Quercus ilex forest stand from Corsica (France), where Arbutus unedo was the only other …

Population genetics of ectomycorrhizal fungi: from current knowledge to emerging directions

GW Douhan, L Vincenot, H Gryta, MA Selosse - Fungal Biology, 2011 - Elsevier
Ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi are major microbial components of boreal, temperate and
Mediterranean forests, as well as some tropical forest ecosystems. Nearly two decades of …

The foundational role of mycorrhizal networks in self-organization of interior Douglas-fir forests

SW Simard - Forest Ecology and Management, 2009 - Elsevier
Mycorrhizal fungal networks occur where mycorrhizal fungal mycelia link the roots of
multiple plants, including those of different species, sometimes facilitating interplant transfer …

Pioneer dwarf willow may facilitate tree succession by providing late colonizers with compatible ectomycorrhizal fungi in a primary successional volcanic desert

K Nara - New Phytologist, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
To advance understanding of the contribution of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi to tree
successional processes, natural establishment patterns of secondary colonizing hosts and …