Mycorrhizal fungi play a central role in biogeochemical cycles since they obtain carbon from
their photosynthetic plant hosts and allocate this via their mycelia to the soil ecosystem. The …

Growing interest in possible global climate change has underlined the need for better
information concerning the way in which carbon partitioning between ecosystem …

Ecosystem ecologists have calculated carbon and nitrogen budgets for a variety of forest
ecosystems. Despite a growing awareness of the importance of mycorrhizal fungi in nitrogen …

In order to understand the mechanisms controlling ecosystem diversity, production and
responses to disturbance, improved knowledge about the movement and transformation of …

Environmental change incorporates the full range of natural and anthropogenic changes
currently affecting the planet. These changes include fluxes within the carbon and nutrient …

The microbiota of most forest soils is dominated by ecto-mycorrhizal and saprotrophic
decomposer fungi which are the main organisms involved respectively in the supply of …

The importance of mycorrhizas in heathland and boreal forest biomes, which together cover
much of the landmass of the Northern Hemisphere and store most of the global stocks of …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are the most ancient, widespread and ubiquitous of all
the groups of mycorrhiza: they have a global distribution in widely contrasting plant …

In boreal forests most tree root tips are colonised by ectomycorrhizal fungi. The mycelia of
these symbiotic fungi mediate nutrient uptake by their tree hosts. These fungi are abundant …

Belowground biological interactions that occur among plant roots, microorganisms and
animals are dynamic and substantially influence ecosystem processes. Among these …