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NEW PHYTOLOGIST
Volume 162, Issue 2, Pages 459-469Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01049.x
Keywords
ericoid mycorrhizas; photosynthesis; carbon allocation; climate change; enhanced CO(2); warming; (15)N natural abundance; subarctic
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Here, we investigated effects of increased atmospheric CO(2) concentration, increased temperatures, and both factors in combination on ericoid mycorrhizal colonization, mycorrhizal functioning and below-ground carbon allocation in a subarctic forest understorey, to evaluate the hypothesis that photosynthesis is a primary driver for mycorrhizal colonization. Treatment effects on ecosystem processes were investigated using (14)C-pulse labelling and photosynthesis measurements in combination with analysis of ergosterol content in roots. The effects on delta(15)N in leaves were also studied. Ergosterol content in hair roots was positively correlated with ecosystem photosynthesis and was higher in heat- and CO(2)-treated plots. Leaves from CO(2) Plots tended to be more depleted in (15)N compared with controls both for Vaccinium myrtillus and V. vitis-idaea. Our results suggest that changes in ecosystem photosynthesis, plant carbon (C) Allocation may give rise to changing mycorrhizal colonization under elevated CO(2) and temperature. The role of mycorrhizas in ecosystem N-cycling may change on a long-term basis as inorganic N availability declines with increasing levels of atmospheric CO(2).
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