Terrestrial plants including forest trees are generally known to live in close association with
microbial organisms. The inherent features of this close association can be commensalism …

▪ Abstract We explore empirical and theoretical evidence for the functional significance of
plant-litter diversity and the extraordinary high diversity of decomposer organisms in the …

In northern forests, belowground sequestration of nitrogen (N) in complex organic pools
restricts nutrient availability to plants. Oxidative extracellular enzymes produced by …

Our understanding of how saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi interact to re‐circulate carbon
and nutrients from plant litter and soil organic matter is limited by poor understanding of their …

Brown rot decay removes cellulose and hemicellulose from wood—residual lignin
contributing up to 30% of forest soil carbon—and is derived from an ancestral white rot …

Plant species are hypothesized to impact ecosystem nitrogen cycling in two distinctly
different ways. First, differences in nitrogen use efficiency can lead to positive feedbacks on …

The turnover of ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungal biomass represents a significant input into
forest carbon (C) and nutrient cycles. Given the size of these fluxes, understanding the …

The interface between decaying plant residues and soil minerals represents an essential
soil microenvironment at which soil organic matter forms. The high amount of microbial …

Saprotrophic fungi are key regulators of nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. They are
the primary agents of plant litter decomposition and their hyphal networks, which grow …

Nous présentons une synthèse des connaissances actuelles concernant l'apport,
l'accumulation et la décomposition des débris ligneux grossiers (DLG), comparativement au …