Articles | Volume 20, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1443-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1443-2023
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12 Apr 2023
Research article |  | 12 Apr 2023

Phosphorus regulates ectomycorrhizal fungi biomass production in a Norway spruce forest

Juan Pablo Almeida, Lorenzo Menichetti, Alf Ekblad, Nicholas P. Rosenstock, and Håkan Wallander

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In forests, trees allocate a significant amount of carbon belowground to support mycorrhizal symbiosis. In northern forests nitrogen normally regulates this allocation and consequently mycorrhizal fungi growth. In this study we demonstrate that in a conifer forest from Sweden, fungal growth is regulated by phosphorus instead of nitrogen. This is probably due to an increase in nitrogen deposition to soils caused by decades of human pollution that has altered the ecosystem nutrient regime.
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