Mycorrhizal-associated nutrient dynamics in key ecosystems and their response to a changing environment
Date
2016-04-27
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Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
Environmental change incorporates the full range of natural and anthropogenic changes
currently affecting the planet. These changes include fluxes within the carbon and nutrient cycles,
resulting in disturbances at the ecosystem level, which may affect plant species distribution as well
as soil systems. Mycorrhizal fungi form an important link between plants and soil systems,
functioning at the root-soil interface, contributing towards nutrient cycling processes, and,
ultimately, influencing the plant composition of terrestrial ecosystems. A more integrated and
systemic understanding of these mycorrhizal associations can help us predict, and thus mitigate, the
impact of environmental change on biotic communities. In this review we present the latest
research on how the carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics of arbuscular and ectomycorrhiza
vary in their representative ecosystems. Furthermore, we also demonstrate how they respond to
environmental change, which relates to both biotic and abiotic factors, such as CO2-enrichment,
nitrogen-depletion, and the impact of invasive species. This review provides insight on the role of
mycorrhiza in offsetting the negative effects of environmental change.
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CITATION: Heng, G. et al. 2016. Mycorrhizal-associated nutrient dynamics in key ecosystems and their response to a changing environment. Mycoshpere, 7(2):190–203, doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/2/8.
The original publication is available at http://www.mycosphere.org
The original publication is available at http://www.mycosphere.org
Keywords
Mycorrhizas in agriculture, Mycorrhizal fungi, Plants -- effect of carbon dioxide on, Environmental change
Citation
Heng, G. et al. 2016. Mycorrhizal-associated nutrient dynamics in key ecosystems and their response to a changing environment. Mycoshpere, 7(2):190–203, doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/2/8.