With global warming, drought has become one of the major environmental pressures that
threaten the development of global agricultural and forestry production. Cenococcum …

Plants growing at the edges of their range limits are expected to be particularly sensitive to
changes in precipitation and temperature regimes associated with climatic change …

The present study aimed to elucidate the influence of drought and elevated temperature on
relative abundance and functioning of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Cenococcum geophilum …

Positive interactions are ubiquitous processes within ecological communities that influence
patterns of species diversity and ecosystem functioning. By reducing abiotic stress, such as …

Alpine treeline ecotones represent ecosystems that are vulnerable to climate change. We
investigated the ectomycorrhizal (ECM) community, which has potential to stabilize alpine …

Although the germinant and young seedling life stage of trees has the highest mortality
rates, our understanding of their fundamental physiology is surprisingly limited in naturally …

In boreal forests ericaceous shrubs often dominate the forest floor vegetation. Nitrogen
enrichment has been shown to decrease shrub abundance and in this study we explored …

The potential impact of invasive forest pathogens on alpine treeline dynamics has not
previously been considered. Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis), a foundation and keystone …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) are frequently species rich and functionally diverse; yet, our
knowledge of the environmental factors that influence local EMF diversity and species …

Questions Elevational treelines are expected to shift upwards in response to warming
climate. However, worldwide upward shifts of treelines are inconsistent because local scale …