Decay by ectomycorrhizal fungi couples soil organic matter to nitrogen availability

WA Argiroff, DR Zak, PT Pellitier, RA Upchurch… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Interactions between soil nitrogen (N) availability, fungal community composition, and soil
organic matter (SOM) regulate soil carbon (C) dynamics in many forest ecosystems, but …

Ectomycorrhizal fungal decay traits along a soil nitrogen gradient

PT Pellitier, DR Zak - New Phytologist, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The extent to which ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi decay soil organic matter (SOM) has
implications for accurately predicting forest ecosystem response to climate change …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi are more sensitive to high soil nitrogen levels in forests exposed to nitrogen deposition

K Jörgensen, KE Clemmensen, H Wallander… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ectomycorrhizal fungi are essential for nitrogen (N) cycling in many temperate forests and
responsive to anthropogenic N addition, which generally decreases host carbon (C) …

Chronic nitrogen additions fundamentally restructure the soil fungal community in a temperate forest

EW Morrison, SD Frey, JJ Sadowsky, LTA van Diepen… - Fungal Ecology, 2016 - Elsevier
Fungi dominate the microbial biomass of temperate forest soils and are a key driver of
ecosystem nutrient cycling. Chronic nitrogen (N) amendments frequently cause the …

Differences in soil organic matter between EcM‐and AM‐dominated forests depend on tree and fungal identity

CE Hicks Pries, R Lankau, GA Ingham, E Legge… - Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As global change shifts the species composition of forests, we need to understand which
species characteristics affect soil organic matter (SOM) cycling to predict future soil carbon …

Ectomycorrhizal access to organic nitrogen mediates CO2 fertilization response in a dominant temperate tree

PT Pellitier, I Ibáñez, DR Zak, WA Argiroff… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Plant–mycorrhizal interactions mediate plant nitrogen (N) limitation and can inform model
projections of the duration and strength of the effect of increasing CO2 on plant growth. We …

Differences in microbial community response to nitrogen fertilization result in unique enzyme shifts between arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal‐dominated soils

JE Carrara, CA Walter, ZB Freedman… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
While the effect of nitrogen (N) deposition on belowground carbon (C) cycling varies,
emerging evidence shows that forest soils dominated by trees that associate with …

Tree mycorrhizal type predicts within‐site variability in the storage and distribution of soil organic matter

ME Craig, BL Turner, C Liang, K Clay… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Forest soils store large amounts of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), yet how predicted shifts in
forest composition will impact long‐term C and N persistence remains poorly understood. A …

Association of ectomycorrhizal trees with high carbon‐to‐nitrogen ratio soils across temperate forests is driven by smaller nitrogen not larger carbon stocks

K Zhu, ML McCormack, RA Lankau, JF Egan… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The distribution of mycorrhizal associations across biomes parallels a distinct gradient of soil
carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stocks, raising the question of how mycorrhizal traits relate to …

Anthropogenic N deposition increases soil C storage by reducing the relative abundance of lignolytic fungi

EM Entwistle, DR Zak, WA Argiroff - Ecological Monographs, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition has increased dramatically since preindustrial times
and continues to increase across many regions of the Earth. In temperate forests, this agent …