Climate change and mycorrhizae
Brendan A. Niemira
niemirab at student.msu.edu
Fri Jan 13 12:43:00 EST 1995
In Article <3enbod$n43 at nntp1.u.washington.edu> "boe666 at u.washington.edu (Peter Werner)" says:
> I'm going to be writing a research paper on the effects of several types
> of environmental disruption on mycorrhizae and how this in turn effects
> forest health. So far, I've been able to find quite a bit of literature
> on the effects of acid precipitation on mycorrhizae, as well as some
> literature on the effects of disturbances such as logging.
>
> What I haven't been able to find is anything about the effects of climate
> change on mycorrhizal fungi. Changes in temperature and, especially,
> precipitation patterns would seem to have a strong effect on these fungi,
> significantly altering the distribution of these species, at the very
> least. If anyone knows of any literature that has been written about
> this subject, I'd greatly appreciate the reference.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> PGW
>
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