Fungi play critical roles in ecosystem processes such as decomposition and nutrient cycling,
but have also been highlighted as significant contributors to organic matter build‐up in …

In boreal forest soils, ectomycorrhizal fungi are fundamentally important for carbon (C)
dynamics and nutrient cycling. Although their extraradical mycelium (ERM) is pivotal for …

Soil fungi link above‐and belowground carbon (C) fluxes through their interactions with
plants and contribute to C and nutrient dynamics through the production, turnover, and …

Forestry reshapes ecosystems with respect to tree age structure, soil properties and
vegetation composition. These changes are likely to be paralleled by shifts in microbial …

Interactions between symbiotic ectomycorrhizal (EM) and free‐living saprotrophs can result
in significant deceleration of leaf litter decomposition. While this phenomenon is widely …

Our understanding of how saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi interact to re‐circulate carbon
and nutrients from plant litter and soil organic matter is limited by poor understanding of their …

Many factors associated with forests are collectively responsible for controlling
ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal community structure, including plant species composition …

Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 1103–1113 Abstract Global environmental change has serious
implications for functional biodiversity in temperate and boreal forests. Trees depend on …

Boreal forest soils store a major proportion of the global terrestrial carbon (C) and below‐
ground inputs contribute as much as above‐ground plant litter to the total C stored in the …

Fungi are key mediators of ecosystem processes in temperate forests. Hence,
understanding of fungal community development is central to better understand the …