The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment

M Jiang, BE Medlyn, JE Drake, RA Duursma… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment (eCO2) can enhance plant carbon uptake and
growth,,,–, thereby providing an important negative feedback to climate change by slowing …

Speciation Underpinned by Unexpected Molecular Diversity in the Mycorrhizal Fungal Genus Pisolithus

JM Plett, S Miyauchi, E Morin, K Plett… - Molecular biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The mutualistic ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal genus Pisolithus comprises 19 species
defined to date which colonize the roots of> 50 hosts worldwide suggesting that substantial …

'Can't see the forest for the trees': The importance of fungi in the context of UK tree planting

A Baird, F Pope - Food and Energy Security, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tree planting now forms a major part of the UK climate mitigation strategy, with targets to
increase the forest cover from the current 13% to 17%–20% by 2050. A tree planting strategy …

Tree biomass allocation differs by mycorrhizal association

FV Jevon, AK Lang - Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tree biomass allocation to leaves, roots, and wood affects the residence time of carbon in
forests, with potentially dramatic implications for ecosystem carbon storage. However …

Embracing fine‐root system complexity in terrestrial ecosystem modeling

B Wang, ML McCormack, DM Ricciuto… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Projecting the dynamics and functioning of the biosphere requires a holistic consideration of
whole‐ecosystem processes. However, biases toward leaf, canopy, and soil modeling since …

Patterns and controls of aboveground litter inputs to temperate forests

FV Jevon, A Polussa, AK Lang, J William Munger… - Biogeochemistry, 2022 - Springer
Aboveground litter production is an important biogeochemical pathway in forests whereby
carbon and nutrients enter soil detrital pools. However, patterns and controls of …

Mycelium chemistry differs markedly between ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

W Huang, PM van Bodegom, S Declerck… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
The chemical quality of soil carbon (C) inputs is a major factor controlling litter
decomposition and soil C dynamics. Mycorrhizal fungi constitute one of the dominant pools …

Above‐ and belowground interplay: Canopy CO2 uptake, carbon and nitrogen allocation and isotope fractionation along the plant‐ectomycorrhiza continuum

A Scartazza, C Sbrana, E D'Andrea… - Plant, Cell & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In forests, mycorrhizal fungi regulate carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) dynamics. We evaluated
the interplay among ectomycorrhizas (ECM), ecosystem C fluxes, tree productivity, C and N …

Nitrogen addition alters the relative importance of roots and mycorrhizal hyphae in regulating soil organic carbon accumulation in a karst forest

Y Yuan, Y Yin, B Adamczyk, D Liang, D Gu… - Soil Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Plant belowground carbon (C) inputs from roots and associated mycorrhizal hyphae are
increasingly recognized as critical drivers impacting soil organic C (SOC) pool. However …

Climate records, isotopes, and C: N stoichiometry reveal carbon and nitrogen flux dynamics differ between functional groups of ectomycorrhizal fungi

EA Hobbie, K Bendiksen, NR Thorp, E Ohenoja… - Ecosystems, 2021 - Springer
A major functional division in ectomycorrhizal fungi is between taxa with hydrophobic
ectomycorrhizae (strong proteolytic capabilities, deep nitrogen (N) acquisition, and …