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  • Douglas L. Godbold
    Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
  • Martina Vasutova
    Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
  • Anna Wilkinson
    University of Manchester
  • Magda Edwards-Jonasova
    Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
  • Michael Bambrick
  • Andrew Smith
  • Marian Pavelka
    Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
  • Pavel Cudlin
    Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Anthropogenic activities during the last century have increased levels of atmospheric CO2. Forest net primary productivity increases in response to elevated CO2, altering the quantity and quality of carbon supplied to the rhizosphere. Ectomycorrhizal fungi form obligate symbiotic associations with the fine roots of trees that mediate improved scavenging for nutrients in exchange for a carbohydrate supply. Understanding how the community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi is altered by climate change is important to further our understanding of ecosystem function. Betula pendula and Fagus sylvatica were grown in an elevated CO2 atmosphere delivered using free air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE) under field conditions in the U.K., and Picea abies was grown under elevated CO2 in glass domes in the Czech Republic. We used morphotyping and sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer region of the fungal ribosomal operon to study ectomycorrhizal community structure. Under FACE, un-colonised roots tips increased in abundance for Fagus sylvatica, and during 2006, sporocarp biomass of Peziza badia significantly increased. In domes, ectomycorrhizal community composition shifted from short-distance and smooth medium-distance to contact exploration types. Supply and competition for carbon belowground can influence ectomycorrhizal community structure with the potential to alter ecosystem function.

Keywords

  • FACE, Community Structure, Root Tips, Forest, Hyphae, Rhizomorph, Morphotype, Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS), Sequence
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1256-1273
JournalForests
Volume6
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Apr 2015

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