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NEW PHYTOLOGIST
卷 230, 期 1, 页码 316-326出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nph.17155
关键词
extracellular enzymes; fine roots; Gadgil effect; litter decomposition; mycorrhizal fungi
资金
- NSF Long-Term Ecological Research award [1637685]
- Dartmouth College
- Wellesley College Office of the Provost
Fine roots and mycorrhizal fungi can either stimulate or slow down leaf litter decomposition; both AM- and ECM-associated fine roots were found to enhance litter decay in this system, indicating the outcome may depend on interactions between mycorrhizal roots and saprotrophic fungi.
Fine roots and mycorrhizal fungi may either stimulate leaf litter decomposition by providing free-living decomposers with root-derived carbon, or may slow decomposition through nutrient competition between mycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi. We reduced the presence of fine roots and their associated mycorrhizal fungi in a northern hardwood forest in New Hampshire, USA by soil trenching. Plots spanned a mycorrhizal gradient from 96% arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) associations to 100% ectomycorrhizal (ECM)-associated tree basal area. We incubated four species of leaf litter within these plots in areas with reduced access to roots and mycorrhizal fungi and in adjacent areas with intact roots and mycorrhizal fungi. Over a period of 608 d, we found that litter decayed more rapidly in the presence of fine roots and mycorrhizal hyphae regardless of the dominant tree mycorrhizal association. Root and mycorrhizal exclusion reduced the activity of acid phosphatase on decomposing litter. Our results indicate that both AM- and ECM-associated fine roots stimulate litter decomposition in this system. These findings suggest that the effect of fine roots and mycorrhizal fungi on litter decay in a particular ecosystem likely depends on whether interactions between mycorrhizal roots and saprotrophic fungi are antagonistic or facilitative. ????
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