Much of Canada's terrestrial biodiversity is supported by boreal forests. Natural resource
development in boreal forests poses risks to this biodiversity. This paper reviews the …

Human societies depend on an Earth system that operates within a constrained range of
nutrient availability, yet the recent trajectory of terrestrial nitrogen (N) availability is uncertain …

The study of natural gradients in nutrient subsidies between ecosystems allows for
predictions of how changes in one system can affect biodiversity in another. We performed a …

There is increasing concern over the impact of atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition on forest
ecosystems in the tropical and subtropical areas. In this study, we quantified atmospheric N …

The purpose of this chapter is to provide a practical and theoretical framework for the study
of the ecophysiology of mycoheterotrophic plants. We accomplish this by providing a …

Background and aims Soil factors are driving forces that influence spatial distribution and
functional traits of plant species. We test whether two anchor morphological traits—leaf mass …

Carbon (C), nutrients and water (H 2 O) have been known for five decades to flow between
plants through ectomycorrhizal (EM) networks. This flux has the potential to affect plant and …

The extent to which ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi decay soil organic matter (SOM) has
implications for accurately predicting forest ecosystem response to climate change …

Tree growth depends on the resource availability, the proportion of resources acquired, and
the efficiency with which those resources are used. Each of these variables can be …

Plants associating with mutualistic ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi may directly obtain nitrogen
(N) bound in soil organic matter (N-SOM). However, the contribution of N-SOM to plant …