Short-term impacts of energy wood harvesting on ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of Norway spruce saplings.

ABSTRACT: The increased demand for harvesting energy wood raises questions about its effects on the functioning of the forest ecosystems, soil processes and biodiversity. Impacts of tree stump removal on ectomycorrhizal fungal (EMF) communities of Norway spruce saplings were studied with 454-pyrosequencing in a 3-year field experiment replicated in 3 geographical areas. This is possibly the most thorough investigation of EMF communities associated with saplings grown on sites subjected to energy wood harvesting. To separate impacts of tree stump and logging residue removal on EMF and plant variables, we used three harvesting treatments with increasing complexity from patch mounding alone (P) to patch mounding combined with logging residue removal (RP), and patch mounding combined with both logging r

SUBMITTER: Huusko K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4331576 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature