Peat loss collocates with a threshold in plant–mycorrhizal associations in drained peatlands encroached by trees

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 240; no. 1; pp. 412 - 425
• Main Authors: Defrenne, Camille E., Moore, Jessica A. M., Tucker, Colin L., Lamit, Louis J., Kane, Evan S., Kolka, Randall K., Chimner, Rodney A., Keller, Jason K., Lilleskov, Erik A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2023
• Subjects: Carbon; carbon nitrogen ratio; Cortinarius; Ditches; Drainage; ectomycorrhizae; Ectomycorrhizas; Encroachment; Feedback; Fungi; genetic traits; Gradients; Humification; lignin; Microbial activity; Microorganisms; Mycena; Oxidation; Peat; Peatlands; Peroxidase; phenolic compounds; Phenols; Restoration; Soil; soil fungi; soil-plant interactions; Soils; Trees; vegetation; ericoid mycorrhizal fungi; peatland; plant-mycorrhizal associations; vegetation gradient; drainage; ectomycorrhizal fungi; mycorrhizal type

Drainage‐induced encroachment by trees may have major effects on the carbon balance of northern peatlands, and responses of microbial communities are likely to play a central mechanistic role. We profiled the soil fungal community and estimated its genetic potential for the decay of lignin and pheno...