Hydrologic refugia, plants, and climate change

BC McLaughlin, DD Ackerly, PZ Klos… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Climate, physical landscapes, and biota interact to generate heterogeneous hydrologic
conditions in space and over time, which are reflected in spatial patterns of species …

Salinity stress alleviation using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. A review

R Porcel, R Aroca, JM Ruiz-Lozano - Agronomy for sustainable …, 2012 - Springer
Salinity is one of the most severe environmental stress as it decreases crop production of
more than 20% of irrigated land worldwide. Hence, it is important to develop salt-tolerant …

Drought and ecosystem carbon cycling

MK van der Molen, AJ Dolman, P Ciais, T Eglin… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2011 - Elsevier
Drought as an intermittent disturbance of the water cycle interacts with the carbon cycle
differently than the 'gradual'climate change. During drought plants respond physiologically …

Plant performance in stressful environments: interpreting new and established knowledge of the roles of arbuscular mycorrhizas

SE Smith, E Facelli, S Pope, F Andrew Smith - Plant and soil, 2010 - Springer
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbioses are formed by approximately 80% of vascular plant
species in all major terrestrial biomes. In consequence an understanding of their functions is …

The role of ectomycorrhizal communities in forest ecosystem processes: new perspectives and emerging concepts

PE Courty, M Buée, AG Diedhiou, P Frey-Klett… - Soil Biology and …, 2010 - Elsevier
The fungal symbionts forming ectomycorrhizas, as well as their associated bacteria, benefit
forest trees in a number of ways although the most important is enhancing soil nutrient …

Water release through plant roots: new insights into its consequences at the plant and ecosystem level

I Prieto, C Armas, FI Pugnaire - New Phytologist, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Hydraulic redistribution (HR) is the passive movement of water between different soil parts
via plant root systems, driven by water potential gradients in the soil–plant interface. New …

The production and turnover of extramatrical mycelium of ectomycorrhizal fungi in forest soils: role in carbon cycling

A Ekblad, H Wallander, DL Godbold, C Cruz… - Plant and Soil, 2013 - Springer
There is growing evidence of the importance of extramatrical mycelium (EMM) of mycorrhizal
fungi in carbon (C) cycling in ecosystems. However, our understanding has until recently …

Fungal symbionts alter plant responses to global change

SN Kivlin, SM Emery, JA Rudgers - American Journal of Botany, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
While direct plant responses to global change have been well characterized, indirect plant
responses to global change, via altered species interactions, have received less attention …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance photosynthesis, water use efficiency, and growth of frankincense seedlings under pulsed water availability conditions

E Birhane, FJ Sterck, M Fetene, F Bongers, TW Kuyper - Oecologia, 2012 - Springer
Under drought conditions, arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi alter water relationships of
plants and improve their resistance to drought. In a factorial greenhouse experiment, we …

Foliar uptake of fog water and transport belowground alleviates drought effects in the cloud forest tree species, Drimys brasiliensis (Winteraceae)

CB Eller, AL Lima, RS Oliveira - New Phytologist, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Foliar water uptake (FWU) is a common water acquisition mechanism for plants inhabiting
temperate fog‐affected ecosystems, but the prevalence and consequences of this process …