Stable nitrogen isotope ratio in wood substrates and xylotrophic fungi in forest ecosystems of Western Siberia

• Published in: Russian journal of ecology Vol. 45; no. 6; pp. 539 - 546
• Main Authors: Mukhin, V. A, Voronin, P. Yu, Velivetskaya, T. A, Ignat’ev, A. V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Springer-Verlag 01.11.2014; Pleiades Publishing; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; climatic factors; decayed wood; Ecology; Environment; forest ecosystems; Forests; Fungi; Isotopes; Life Sciences; mineralization; Nitrogen; Russian Academy of Sciences; Terrestrial ecosystems; This Number of the Journal is Dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology; Ural Branch; Wood; Siberia; Russia, Siberia; stable isotopes; xylotrophic fungi; Western Siberia; nitrogen; wood pool; forest ecosystems

It has been shown that wood substrates are the main source of nitrogen for xylotrophic fungi, which have almost the same isotopic signature as their substrate. This fact and a strong positive correlation in nitrogen isotope composition between the substrates and fungi provide evidence for a closed t...