Reforestation is challenging when timber harvested areas have been degraded, invaded by
nonnative species, or are of marginal suitability to begin with. Conifers form mutualistic …

Dead wood is an important microsite for seedling regeneration in forest ecosystems.
Although recent studies have found important associations between fungal wood decay type …

Summary 1 The obligate symbiosis formed between ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) and roots
of tree species in the Pinaceae influences nutrient uptake and surrounding soil structure …

During mining topsoil is salvaged and stockpiled until ready for reclamation, stockpiling can
have detrimental effects on seed viability and soil quality. Research has assessed effects of …

A clonal tree species, Populus tremuloides (trembling aspen) typically regenerates from root
suckers following forest fire but is also capable of reproducing via small, wind-dispersed …

Soil stockpiles are essential to the reclamation of large‐and small‐scale mining and other
industrial sites. However, stockpiling soils can lead to the degradation of seed banks. This …

Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi form mutualistic symbioses with woody trees and shrubs
allowing for an increase in water and nutrient uptake. The absence of these microbes may …

Shifts in ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal community composition occur after clearcut logging,
resulting in the loss of some dominant forest fungi. Because decaying wood is a remnant of …

Little is known about edaphic selection pressures as drivers of contrasting white spruce
ectomycorrhizal fungal community structure and diversity in the Canadian boreal forest. We …

Forming the majority of plant diversity in boreal forests, understory communities are
important drivers of nutrient cycling and overstory succession. In western Canadian boreal …