Integrated long-term responses of an arctic-alpine willow and associated ectomycorrhizal fungi to an altered environment

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We evaluated ectomycorrhizal (ECM) colonization and morphotype community composition together with growth response and biomass distribution in the arctic-alpine, prostrate willow Salix herbacea L. x Salix polaris Wahlenb. after 11 seasons of shading, warming, and fertilization at a fellfield in subarctic Sweden. The aim was to assess responses of the integrated plant-fungal system to long-term field experiments simulating expected environmental changes. Warming more than doubled aboveground S. herbacea x S. polaris biomass and shoot growth, whereas shading and nutrient addition had less influence on these variables. In shaded plants, adjustments at leaf level ...
Original languageEnglish
JournalCanadian Journal of Botany
Volume84
Issue number5
Pages (from-to)831-843
ISSN0008-4026
Publication statusPublished - 2006

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