Download or read book Effects of Air Pollution and Forest Regeneration Methods on the Community Structure of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi written by Ola Kårén and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ectomycorrhizal Fungi written by John W.G. Cairney and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mycorrhiza - the symbiosis between plants and fungi - plays a key role in plant life. This book reviews for the first time the current knowledge of 15 individual genera of ectomycorrhizal fungi. It is unique in that each chapter is dedicated to a single fungal genus, each written by internationally recognized experts on the respective fungal genera. It is thus an invaluable reference source for researchers, students and practitioners in the fields of mycorrhizal biology, mycology, forestry, plant sciences and soil biology.

Download or read book Impact of Atmospheric Nitrogen Pollution on Belowground Mycorrhizal Fungal Community Structure and Composition in the San Bernardino Mountains written by Ayesha Tasneem Sirajuddin and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Fungal Community written by John Dighton and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-05-24 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fungal Community: Its Organization and Role in the Ecosystem, Third Edition addresses many of the questions related to the observations, characterizations, and functional attributes of fungal assemblages and their interaction with the environment and other organisms. This edition promotes awareness of the functional methods of classification over taxonomic methods, and approaches the concept of fungal communities from an ecological perspective, rather than from a fungicentric view. It has expanded to examine issues of global and local biodiversity, the problems associated with exotic species, and the debate concerning diversity and function. The third edition also focuses on current ecological discussions - diversity and function, scaling issues, disturbance, and invasive species - from a fungal perspective. In order to address these concepts, the book examines the appropriate techniques to identify fungi, calculate their abundance, determine their associations among themselves and other organisms, and measure their individual and community function. This book explains attempts to scale these measures from the microscopic cell level through local, landscape, and ecosystem levels. The totality of the ideas, methods, and results presented by the contributing authors points to the future direction of mycology.

Download or read book Canadian Journal of Forest Research written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Fungal Connection written by Ashley Craig and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi are symbionts on the roots of woody plant species throughout the world. These fungi provide plants with nutrients and are important drivers of ecosystem processes. ECM fungi vary in their effect on host plants and host-specificity, making them important considerations in restoration projects seeking to restore target tree species. Restoration strategies such as burning and thinning may have strong impacts on ECM fungi, and given the that ECM are important in structuring aboveground communities and maintaining certain dominant plant taxa, knowledge of ECM fungal response is needed to ensure restoration efforts succeed. Using molecular methods, this research aimed to identify the ECM fungal community in a restoration project in northern Mississippi, comparing the belowground fungal community on plant roots between replicated control and treatment plots. We also measured abiotic factors that may structure the ECM fungal community, including litter depth, canopy openness, burn regimen, and soil compaction. Results indicate that the ECM fungal community is very diverse with 175 operational taxon units recovered from sequence data, 106 OTUs only found once. The fungal species had high site fidelity, with site being the factor explaining the most variation in community structure. Taxa in the family Russulaceae represented the most abundant fungi found on roots, followed by Thelephoraceae. The abiotic factors measured accounted for only 10% of the variation in community structure, indicating that other unmeasured variables may account for the remaining variation in ECM community distribution. Spatial autocorrelation was found at one of the six plots, indicating similar ECM fungal species composition at scales greater than in the other 5 sites. This plot also had the greatest canopy openness and oak regeneration, suggesting that this greater spatial autocorrelation could be related to oak seedling facilitation. The restoration treatments did not have a strong impact on fungal community structure except in the Tallahatchie plots, where there was a strong difference between treatment and control plots. This study was the first assessment of belowground ECM fungal diversity in Mississippi, and will serve as a starting point for further investigation into shifts in the fungal community as a result of restoration.

Download or read book Ectomycorrhizal Symbioses in Tropical and Neotropical Forests written by Amadou M. Bâ and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-02-20 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis plays a major role in biodiversity and stability of ecosystems in tropical forests. It is a research imperative in tropical and neotropical forest ecosystems because they contain ecologically and economically important tree species. This book provides an overview of the knowledge of ECM symbioses in tropical and neotropical ecosystem forests. The contents address diversity and function of ectomycorrhiza associated with forest plants, impacts of ectomycorrhiza on plant diversity and composition, regeneration and dynamics of ecosystems, biomass production in forestry, and adaptation of ectomycorrhiza.

Download or read book Canadian Journal of Botany written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Community Structure of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in Swedish Boreal Forests written by Lena Jonsson and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Above and Belowground Views of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in Spruce Forests written by Martina Peter and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Decline of Above and Belowground Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Diversity Over an Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition Gradient Near Kenai Alaska written by Erik Andrew Lilleskov and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Community Structure of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in a Pinus Muricata Forest Above and Below ground Views written by M. Gardes and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Forest Soils Research Theory Reality and Its Role in Technology Transfer written by Margaret Gale and published by Gulf Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2005-12-21 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection represents a unique set of essays on the role of theory in shaping the practice of medicine across disciplinary boundaries. In the context of this volume, "theory” relates to the conceptual models, frameworks, knowledge representations, metaphors and analogies that inform the problem-solving efforts of practitioners seeking to develop novel dialogues both within and across disciplinary boundaries. Contributors to this volume include computational scientists, chemists, medical researchers, biologists and philosophers, all drawing on personal experience in their respective fields to produce a genuinely interdisciplinary range of perspectives on the common theme of theory in medical thinking and multidisciplinary research practice. * Selected and edited papers from the 10th North American Forest Soils Conference held in Saulte Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, July 20-24, 2003 * A unique spin-off from Elsevier's highly regarded journal, Forest Ecology and Management * An estimated 400 pages of the latest findings in forest soil ecology from the most prominent researchers in the field

Download or read book Community Structure of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi and Reforestation Application in Dipterocarpaceae written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) community structure was investigated in a dry dipterocarp forest in Nan province and Dipterocarpus alatus plantation in Chachoengsao province between 2005 and 2006. Aboveground, 30 ECM species in the natural dipterocarp forest and 9 ECM species in the D. alatus plantation were observed in both years. The dominant ECM species were Russula spp. in the forest and Scleroderma columnare and Russula siamensis in plantation. Underground, ECM morphotypes were identified by morphological and molecular analysis. Twelve ECM morphotypes found in the forest was higher than 4 morphotypes in the plantation. Tomentella spp. and Cenococcum geophilum were dominant in the forest whereas S. columnare and R. siamensis were dominant in the plantation. This indicated that species composition of the underground ECM community did not correlate with aboveground sporocarps community in the native dipterocarp forest whereas correlate in the D. alatus plantation. The effect of soil properties including moisture content, organic matter and pH on ECM community were studies. The ECM community structure significantly varied depending on soil moist content. An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of 3 selected ectomycorrhizal fungi including Astraues asiaticus, A. odratus and Pisolithus abditus on the growth of 7 dipterocarp species; Shorea siamensis, S. roxburghii, S. farinose, Dipterocarpus intricatus, D. obtusifolius, D. alatus and Hopea odorata. The selected ECM species colonized seedling of all dipterocarp species ranging from 26.27% to 74.13% and stimulated growth of the seedlings more than non inoculated seedlings with increasing shoot height, stem diameter and shoot dry weight up to 51.94%, 50.11%, and 64.38%, respectively. This study wouldd be an important step towards understand fundamental characteristics of the ECM community in dipterocarp forest and the use of selected ECM fungi for reforestation and afforestation in Thailand.

Download or read book Mycorrhizal Mediation of Soil written by Nancy Collins Johnson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mycorrhizal Mediation of Soil: Fertility, Structure, and Carbon Storage offers a better understanding of mycorrhizal mediation that will help inform earth system models and subsequently improve the accuracy of global carbon model predictions. Mycorrhizas transport tremendous quantities of plant-derived carbon below ground and are increasingly recognized for their importance in the creation, structure, and function of soils. Different global carbon models vary widely in their predictions of the dynamics of the terrestrial carbon pool, ranging from a large sink to a large source. This edited book presents a unique synthesis of the influence of environmental change on mycorrhizas across a wide range of ecosystems, as well as a clear examination of new discoveries and challenges for the future, to inform land management practices that preserve or increase below ground carbon storage. Synthesizes the abundance of research on the influence of environmental change on mycorrhizas across a wide range of ecosystems from a variety of leading international researchers Focuses on the specific role of mycorrhizal fungi in soil processes, with an emphasis on soil development and carbon storage, including coverage of cutting-edge methods and perspectives Includes a chapter in each section on future avenues for further study

Download or read book Climate Change Air Pollution and Global Challenges written by and published by Newnes. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are significant pressures from climate change and air pollution that forests currently face. This book aims to increase understanding of the state and potential of forest ecosystems to mitigate and adapt to climate change in a polluted environment. It reconciles process-oriented research, long-term monitoring and applied modeling through comprehensive forest ecosystem research. Furthermore, it introduces "forest super sites for research for integrating soil, plant and atmospheric sciences and monitoring. It also provides mechanistic and policy-oriented modeling with scientifically sound risk indications regarding atmospheric changes and ecosystem services. Identifies current knowledge gaps and emerging research needs Highlights novel methodologies and integrated research concepts Assesses ecological meaning of investigations and prioritizing research need

Download or read book The Effect of Climate on the Community Composition of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in the Native Pinewoods of Scotland written by Susan Jarvis and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi form obligate symbioses with many forest trees, providing their hosts with nitrogen gained from the soil in exchange for carbon from host photosynthesis. ECM fungi are important for forest health and nutrient cycling, but there is a lack of knowledge about how these fungi will respond to environmental drivers such as climate change. In particular, we do not know how important climate is in determining the distributions and communities of ECM fungi. To address this gap in understanding the impact of climate on the communities of ECM fungi in Scotland was studied using a mixture of observations along natural climate gradients and experimental work. The native pinewoods of Scotland were used as a focus habitat in which to study ECM fungi because of their importance for fungal diversity. Data were collected from existing records of fungi in the national fungal records database, as well as independent surveys of fungi colonising the roots of pine trees using molecular identification. The work conducted found that climatic variation in Scotland at both regional and local scales affected the composition of ECM fungi. In particular, there was a strong impact of rainfall and soil moisture on the distributions of ECM fungi. Comparison of previously collected data and independent surveys showed that molecular identification techniques provided a better method for monitoring fungal distributions. Experimental work showed that genetic variation in the native pines of Scotland could also affect fungal communities, showing both abiotic and biotic factors influence ECM distributions. The work conducted suggests that climate change is likely to affect the distribution of ECM fungal communities in Scotland. In particular, changes in rainfall patterns and increased drought and flooding are predicted to cause shifts in the composition of ECM communities in the native pinewoods.