Survival and Growth of Soil Microbial Communities in Forest Ecosystems
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Soil".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 783
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil mycobiome; forest management; alien tree species; mycorrhizal symbiosis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil microbial communities play a crucial role in forest ecosystems. In temperate and boreal forests, ectomycorrhizal symbiosis with Ascomycota and Basidiomycota fungi is an overriding symbiosis of trees. In the tropical and subtropical zones, symbioses between trees and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is more common. Some tree species form symbiosis with different groups of symbiotic organisms. Among them, dual mycorrhizal symbiosis between trees and both arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal fungi and tripartite symbiosis between trees, mycorrhizal fungi, and nitrogen-fixing bacteria belong to the most substantial and influential effects on the survival and growth of trees. Symbiosis with soil microorganisms is a key element of the survival of indigenous trees but also alien tree species, especially invasive ones, which generate substantial financial losses. Therefore, the ecology of symbiotic soil microbial communities in forest ecosystems is a substantial and prospective field of knowledge. This Special Issue is aimed at providing an interdisciplinary approach to soil microbial communities in forest ecosystems, with special consideration to the dual mycorrhizal symbiosis and tripartite symbiosis of trees. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities in forest and urban ecosystems;
- Arbuscular symbiosis of forest tree species;
- Functional diversity of soil microbial communities;
- Tripartite symbiosis between plants, mycorrhizal fungi, and nitrogen-fixing bacteria;
- Influence of alien species on the symbiotic microbiome of indigenous tree species.
Dr. Robin Wilgan
Dr. Gang Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil mycobiome
- root-associated fungi
- mycorrhiza
- dual and tripartite symbiosis
- forest management
- alien species
