A tipping point in carbon storage when forest expands into tundra is related to mycorrhizal recycling of nitrogen

A group of ectomycorrhizal fungi restricts organic matter accumulation in boreal forest

(2021) Björn D. Lindahl et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Latitudinal decline in stand biomass and productivity at the elevational treeline in the Ural mountains despite a common thermal growth limit

(2020) Frank Hagedorn et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Rhizosphere allocation by canopy‐forming species dominates soil CO 2 efflux in a subarctic landscape

(2020) Thomas C. Parker et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Carbon loss from northern circumpolar permafrost soils amplified by rhizosphere priming

(2020) Frida Keuper et al.   Nature Geoscience

Optimized metabarcoding with Pacific biosciences enables semi‐quantitative analysis of fungal communities

(2020) Carles Castaño et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Melanin mitigates the accelerated decay of mycorrhizal necromass with peatland warming

(2019) Christopher W. Fernandez et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Rapid Transfer of Plant Photosynthates to Soil Bacteria via Ectomycorrhizal Hyphae and Its Interaction With Nitrogen Availability

(2019) Stefan Gorka et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Interaction between tannins and fungal necromass stabilizes fungal residues in boreal forest soils

(2019) Bartosz Adamczyk et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Variability in the expansion of trees and shrubs in boreal Alaska

(2019) Jedediah F. Brodie et al.   ECOLOGY

Eighteen years of ecological monitoring reveals multiple lines of evidence for tundra vegetation change

(2019) Isla H. Myers-Smith et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Moth Outbreaks Reduce Decomposition in Subarctic Forest Soils

(2019) Hans Sandén et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses

(2019) B. S. Steidinger et al.   NATURE

Shrub expansion and alpine plant community change: 40-year record from Niwot Ridge, Colorado

(2019) Klara Scharnagl et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Fungal ecological strategies reflected in gene transcription ‐ a case study of two litter decomposers

(2019) Florian Barbi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Exploring drivers of litter decomposition in a greening Arctic: Results from a transplant experiment across a tree-line

(2018) Thomas C. Parker et al.   ECOLOGY

Contrasting effects of ectomycorrhizal fungi on early and late stage decomposition in a boreal forest

(2018) Erica Sterkenburg et al.   ISME Journal

Melanization of mycorrhizal fungal necromass structures microbial decomposer communities

(2018) Christopher W. Fernandez et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Comparative genomics and transcriptomics depict ericoid mycorrhizal fungi as versatile saprotrophs and plant mutualists

(2018) Elena Martino et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The soil organic matter decomposition mechanisms in ectomycorrhizal fungi are tuned for liberating soil organic nitrogen

(2018) César Nicolás et al.   ISME Journal

Soil fertility in boreal forest relates to root-driven nitrogen retention and carbon sequestration in the mor layer

(2018) Julia Kyaschenko et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Elevation alters ecosystem properties across temperate treelines globally

(2017) Jordan R. Mayor et al.   NATURE

Plant-soil feedbacks and mycorrhizal type influence temperate forest population dynamics

(2017) Jonathan A. Bennett et al.   SCIENCE

Impact of decade-long warming, nutrient addition and shading on emission and carbon isotopic composition of CO 2 from two subarctic dwarf shrub heaths

(2017) Nynne R. Ravn et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Rapid carbon turnover beneath shrub and tree vegetation is associated with low soil carbon stocks at a subarctic treeline

(2015) Thomas C. Parker et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Changes in fungal communities along a boreal forest soil fertility gradient

(2015) Erica Sterkenburg et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Stable isotope probing implicates a species of Cortinarius in carbon transfer through ectomycorrhizal fungal mycelial networks in Arctic tundra

(2015) Julie R. Deslippe et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ectomycorrhizal fungi decompose soil organic matter using oxidative mechanisms adapted from saprotrophic ancestors

(2015) Firoz Shah et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

(2015) Isla H. Myers-Smith et al.   Nature Climate Change

Mycorrhiza-mediated competition between plants and decomposers drives soil carbon storage

(2014) Colin Averill et al.   NATURE

EctomycorrhizalCortinariusspecies participate in enzymatic oxidation of humus in northern forest ecosystems

(2014) Inga T. M. Bödeker et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ectomycorrhizal fungi - potential organic matter decomposers, yet not saprotrophs

(2014) Björn D. Lindahl et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Carbon sequestration is related to mycorrhizal fungal community shifts during long-term succession in boreal forests

(2014) Karina E. Clemmensen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The mycorrhizal-associated nutrient economy: a new framework for predicting carbon-nutrient couplings in temperate forests

(2013) Richard P. Phillips et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Digging the New York City Skyline: Soil Fungal Communities in Green Roofs and City Parks

(2013) Krista L. McGuire et al.   PLoS One

Roots and Associated Fungi Drive Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in Boreal Forest

(2013) K. E. Clemmensen et al.   SCIENCE

The age of CO2 released from soils in contrasting ecosystems during the arctic winter

(2013) Iain P. Hartley et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Twenty-Two Years of Warming, Fertilisation and Shading of Subarctic Heath Shrubs Promote Secondary Growth and Plasticity but Not Primary Growth

(2012) Matteo Campioli et al.   PLoS One

A potential loss of carbon associated with greater plant growth in the European Arctic

(2012) Iain P. Hartley et al.   Nature Climate Change

Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming

(2012) Sarah C. Elmendorf et al.   Nature Climate Change

The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi - recent updates and future perspectives

(2010) Kessy Abarenkov et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ecosystem feedbacks and cascade processes: understanding their role in the responses of Arctic and alpine ecosystems to environmental change

(2008) PHILIP A. WOOKEY et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY