Fire-severity effects on plant–fungal interactions after a novel tundra wildfire disturbance: implications for arctic shrub and tree migration

Background Vegetation change in high latitude tundra ecosystems is expected to accelerate due to increased wildfire activity. High-severity fires increase the availability of mineral soil seedbeds, which facilitates recruitment, yet fire also alters soil microbial composition, which could significan...

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Published in:	BMC ecology Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 25
Main Authors:	Hewitt, Rebecca E., Hollingsworth, Teresa N., Stuart Chapin III, F., Lee Taylor, D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 11.05.2016 BioMed Central Ltd
Subjects:	Arctic region Arctic Regions Biomass Biomedical and Life Sciences Biota Community Composition Ecological effects Ecology ecosystems Environmental aspects Experiments fire severity Flowers & plants Forest & brush fires fungal communities Fungi Fungi - physiology Growth chambers Hypotheses Influence Inoculum latitude Life Sciences Microorganisms mineral soils Mycorrhizas Natural history Pathogens Plant Physiological Phenomena Plant species Plants - microbiology population and macroecology Research Article seedbeds seedling growth Seedlings Seeds shrubs soil biota Soil investigations Soil microbiology Soil microorganisms Soils Taiga & tundra Trees Trees - microbiology Trees - physiology Tundra Tundra ecology Vegetation Wildfires Arctic Alaska United States > US Arctic region Climate change Arctic tundra Treeline Fungal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) Fire severity Shrub expansion ARISA Alnus viridis Picea mariana
ISSN:	1472-6785, 1472-6785
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