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| Title |
Fire-severity effects on plant–fungal interactions after a novel tundra wildfire disturbance: implications for arctic shrub and tree migration
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12898-016-0075-y |
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| Authors |
Rebecca E. Hewitt, Teresa N. Hollingsworth, F. Stuart Chapin III, D. Lee Taylor |
| Abstract |
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 significantly impact seedling establishment. We investigated the effects of fire severity on soil biota and associated effects on plant performance for two plant species predicted to expand into Arctic tundra. We inoculated seedlings in a growth chamber experiment with soils collected from the largest tundra fire recorded in the Arctic and used molecular tools to characterize root-associated fungal communities. Seedling biomass was significantly related to the composition of fungal inoculum. Biomass decreased as fire severity increased and the proportion of pathogenic fungi increased. Our results suggest that effects of fire severity on soil biota reduces seedling performance and thus we hypothesize that in certain ecological contexts fire-severity effects on plant-fungal interactions may dampen the expected increases in tree and shrub establishment after tundra fire. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 5 | 71% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 43% |
| Scientists | 3 | 43% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 86 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 84 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 24% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 10% |
| Researcher | 8 | 9% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 10 | 12% |
| Unknown | 23 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 21 | 24% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 20 | 23% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 5% |
| Engineering | 3 | 3% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Unknown | 29 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 May 2016.
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