Ectomycorrhizas and tipping points in forest ecosystems

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 231; no. 5; pp. 1700 - 1707
• Main Authors: Suz, Laura M., Bidartondo, Martin I., van der Linde, Sietse, Kuyper, Thomas W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lancaster Wiley 01.09.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Data collection; Economics; Ecosystem recovery; Ecosystems; ectomycorrhizae; Ectomycorrhizas; Environmental changes; foliar N : P ratios; Forest ecosystems; Forests; Fungi; hysteresis; issues and policy; Man-induced effects; nitrogen deposition; Phenotypic plasticity; phosphorus limitation; Positive feedback; positive feedbacks; Recovery; Research review; Terrestrial ecosystems; tipping points

The resilience of forests is compromised by human-induced environmental influences pushing them towards tipping points and resulting in major shifts in ecosystem state that might be difficult to reverse, are difficult to predict and manage, and can have vast ecological, economic and social consequen...