Abstract Setting aside overmature planted forests is currently seen as an option for
preserving species associated with old-growth forests, such as those with dispersal …

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

The process of fungal community succession in forests is still insufficiently known, especially
in Mediterranean ecosystems. To reveal successional patterns, we studied changes in …

Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are derived from natural populations of plants or fungi,
or farmed in forests. Harvesters and producers often benefit from NTFPs by selling them to …

Fungal communities associated to conifers have been typically studied in temperate conifer
forests, but little is known about tropical habitats. The present study examined the …

With the aim of increasing knowledge of community structure, dynamics and production of
ectomycorrhizal fungi, edible sporocarp yields were monitored between 1995 and 2004 in a …

Forest management practices directly influence microhabitat characteristics important to the
survival of fungi. Because fungal populations perform key ecological processes, there is …

Quercus ilex decline and the presence of the soil-borne pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi
are hypothesised to be associated with shifts in ectomycorrhizal fungi abundance. Soil …

Fennoscandian forestry has in the past decades changed from natural regeneration of
forests towards replantation of clear-cuts, which negatively impacts ectomycorrhizal fungal …

As we can see in many chapters of this book, soil formation in post-mining soils is closely
connected with ecosystem development. Soil formation is a basic precondition for the …