Initial Ectomycorrhizal Density Response to Wildfire in the New Jersey Pine Barrens Plains [by] Kenneth Buchholz and Mark Gallagher

Résumé du livre

The New Jersey Pine Barren Plains are three distinct, dwarfed, upland pine-oak forests characterized by very high tree population and sprouts/genet densities and canopy height typically less than 3 m. Recent investigations suggest that nutrients may be more limiting for growth in the Plains than in non-dwarfed upland Pine Barrens pine-oak forests. We have initiated a long-term investigation of ectomycorrhizal density responses to fire in recently-burned Plains areas to determine fire effects on ectomycorrhizal communities and therefore on nutrient dynamics. Our initial data suggest that, following a short lag period, ectomycorrhizal hyphal densities decrease following fire in the Plains in contrast to the expected increase.