Mycorrhizal Mediation of Soil : Fertility, Structure, and Carbon Storage

Mycorrhizal Mediation of Soil: Fertility, Structure, and Carbon Storage offers a better understanding of mycorrhizal mediation that will help inform earth system models and subsequently improve the accuracy of global carbon model predictions. Mycorrhizas transport tremendous quantities of plant-derived carbon below ground and are increasingly recognized for their importance in the creation, structure, and function of soils. Different global carbon models vary widely in their predictions of the dynamics of the terrestrial carbon pool, ranging from a large sink to a large source. This edited book presents a unique synthesis of the influence of environmental change on mycorrhizas across a wide range of ecosystems, as well as a clear examination of new discoveries and challenges for the future, to inform land management practices that preserve or increase below ground carbon storage. Synthesizes the abundance of research on the influence of environmental change on mycorrhizas across a wide range of ecosystems from a variety of leading international researchers Focuses on the specific role of mycorrhizal fungi in soil processes, with an emphasis on soil development and carbon storage, including coverage of cutting-edge methods and perspectives Includes a chapter in each section on future avenues for further study Content: Front Matter,Copyright,List of Contributors,PrefaceEntitled to full textChapter 1 - Mycorrhizas: At the Interface of Biological, Soil, and Earth Sciences, Pages 1-6 Chapter 2 - Mycorrhizal Symbioses and Pedogenesis Throughout Earth’s History, Pages 9-33 Chapter 3 - Role of Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Mineral Weathering and Nutrient Mining from Soil Parent Material, Pages 35-46 Chapter 4 - Mycorrhizal Interactions With Climate, Soil Parent Material, and Topography, Pages 47-66 Chapter 5 - Mycorrhizas Across Successional Gradients, Pages 67-89 Chapter 6 - Introduction: Perspectives on Mycorrhizas and Soil Fertility, Pages 93-105 Chapter 7 - Fungal and Plant Tools for the Uptake of Nutrients in Arbuscular Mycorrhizas: A Molecular View, Pages 107-128 Chapter 8 - Accessibility of Inorganic and Organic Nutrients for Mycorrhizas, Pages 129-148 Chapter 9 - Mycorrhizas as Nutrient and Energy Pumps of Soil Food Webs: Multitrophic Interactions and Feedbacks, Pages 149-173 Chapter 10 - Implications of Past, Current, and Future Agricultural Practices for Mycorrhiza-Mediated Nutrient Flux, Pages 175-186 Chapter 11 - Integrating Ectomycorrhizas Into Sustainable Management of Temperate Forests, Pages 187-211 Chapter 12 - Mycorrhizal Mediation of Soil Fertility Amidst Nitrogen Eutrophication and Climate Change, Pages 213-231 Chapter 13 - Introduction: Mycorrhizas and Soil Structure, Moisture, and Salinity, Pages 235-240 Chapter 14 - Mycorrhizas and Soil Aggregation, Pages 241-262 Chapter 15 - Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Soil Salinity, Pages 263-277 Chapter 16 - Mycorrhizas, Drought, and Host-Plant Mortality, Pages 279-298 Chapter 17 - Soil Water Retention and Availability as Influenced by Mycorrhizal Symbiosis: Consequences for Individual Plants, Communities, and Ecosystems, Pages 299-317 Chapter 18 - Mycorrhizal Networks and Forest Resilience to Drought, Pages 319-339 Chapter 19 - Introduction: Mycorrhizas and the Carbon Cycle, Pages 343-355 Chapter 20 - Carbon and Energy Sources of Mycorrhizal Fungi: Obligate Symbionts or Latent Saprotrophs?, Pages 357-374 Chapter 21 - Magnitude, Dynamics, and Control of the Carbon Flow to Mycorrhizas, Pages 375-393 Chapter 22 - Trading Carbon Between Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Their Hyphae-Associated Microbes, Pages 395-412 Chapter 23 - Immobilization of Carbon in Mycorrhizal Mycelial Biomass and Secretions, Pages 413-440 Chapter 24 - Mycorrhizal Interactions With Saprotrophs and Impact on Soil Carbon Storage, Pages 441-460 Chapter 25 - Biochar—Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Interaction in Temperate Soils, Pages 461-477 Chapter 26 - Integrating Mycorrhizas Into Global Scale Models: A Journey Toward Relevance in the Earth’s Climate System, Pages 479-499 Index, Pages 501-509 __Mycorrhizal Mediation of Soil: Fertility, Structure, and Carbon Storage__This edited book presents a unique synthesis of the influence of environmental change on mycorrhizas across a wide range of ecosystems, as well as a clear examination of new discoveries and challenges for the future, to inform land management practices that preserve or increase below ground carbon storage.