Conifer seedling survival under closed-canopy and manzanita patches in the Sierra Nevada

AH Plamboeck, M North, TE Dawson - Madrono, 2008 - BioOne
After a century of fire suppression, prescribed fire and mechanical thinning are widely used
to restore mixed-conifer forests in California's Sierra Nevada, yet after these treatments …

Root-associated ectomycorrhizal fungi shared by various boreal forest seedlings naturally regenerating after a fire in interior Alaska and correlation of different fungi …

E Bent, P Kiekel, R Brenton… - Applied and environmental …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
The role of common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs) in postfire boreal forest successional
trajectories is unknown. We investigated this issue by sampling a 50-m by 40-m area of …

The Roots of Succession: Relations among Plants, Soils, and Mycorrhizal Fungi in a Reclaimed Site

S Landhäusser, J Karst - 2018 - era.library.ualberta.ca
The type of coversoil material placed at the soil surface had the greatest impact on early
seedling growth and vegetation development at the Aurora Soil Capping Study (ASCS) …

Location relative to a retention patch affects the ECM fungal community more than patch size in the first season after timber harvesting on Vancouver Island, British …

MD Jones, BD Twieg, DM Durall, SM Berch - Forest ecology and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Silviculture systems that include retention of green trees are becoming more common in
North America. The goals of green tree retention are to maintain forest structural diversity …

The effect of mechanical site preparation on ectomycorrhizae of planted white spruce seedlings in conifer-dominated boreal mixedwood forest

LW Lazaruk, SE Macdonald… - Canadian journal of …, 2008 - cdnsciencepub.com
We characterized the ectomycorrhizae (ECM) of planted white spruce (Picea glauca
(Moench) Voss) seedlings as affected by mechanical site preparation (MSP) of clear-cut …

Little evidence for niche partitioning among ectomycorrhizal fungi on spruce seedlings planted in decayed wood versus mineral soil microsites

JKM Walker, MD Jones - Oecologia, 2013 - Springer
Ectomycorrhizal fungal (EMF) communities vary among microhabitats, supporting a
dominant role for deterministic processes in EMF community assemblage. EMF communities …

Soil seed banks in Pinus ponderosa forests in Arizona: Clues to site history and restoration potential

JE Korb, JD Springer, SR Powers… - Applied Vegetation …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Question: How does the relationship between the viable soil seed bank species composition
and the above‐ground vegetation in northern Arizona Pinus ponderosa forests differ under …

Plant community development following reclamation of oil sands mines using four cover soil types in northern Alberta

A Dhar, PG Comeau, MA Naeth, BD Pinno… - Restoration …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the effects of reclamation treatments on plant community development is an
important step in setting realistic indicators and targets for reclamation of upland oil sands …

Back to roots: The role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in boreal and temperate forest restoration

N Policelli, TR Horton, AT Hudon… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Temperate and boreal forests are increasingly suffering from anthropic degradation.
Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) are symbionts with most temperate and boreal forest trees …

The role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in ecosystem recovery

MP Amaranthus - 1989 - ir.library.oregonstate.edu
The effect of the abundance and rapidity of ectomycorrhiza and root tip formation on conifer
seedling survival and growth was investigated on disturbed forest sites in southwest Oregon …