Translocation of nitrogen and carbon integrates biotic crust and grass production in desert grassland

By Laura E. Green, Andrea Porras‐Alfaro, R. Sinsabaugh. 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science

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Impact of inorganic nitrogen additions on microbes in biological soil crusts (2015, background): “As bacteria and fungi are two of the most ecologically important components of BSCs (Gundlapally and Garcia-Pichel, 2006; Green et al., 2008) and most arid and semi-arid ecosystems are N-limited (McCalley and Sparks, 2009), there is good reason to suspect that increased N addition has the potential ”
Characterization of melanin isolated from a dark septate endophyte (DSE), Exophiala pisciphila (2011, background): “They are associated with many plants ranging from the tropics to the arctic (Yuan et al. 2010; Newsham et al. 2009; Schmidt et al. 2008; Upson et al. 2009), and especially common in stressful environments such as semiarid grasslands (Porras-Alfaro et al. 2007; Green et al. 2008; Khidir et al. 2010”
Hidden fungi, emergent properties: endophytes and microbiomes. (2011, background): “These include functional genomics studies (5, 38, 41, 78), studies on effects of fungal endophytes on plant hosts (92, 100), and potential roles of endophytes in plant community structure and ecosystem functioning (62, 131).”
Common and distinguishing features of the bacterial and fungal communities in biological soil crusts and shrub root zone soils (2014, background): “, 2003b) and filamentous fungi may colonize both root zones and biocrusts, potentially forming nutritional bridges between the patches (Green et al., 2008; Porras-Alfaro et al., 2010).”
Biological Soil Crusts: An Organizing Principle in Drylands (2016, background): “Recent studies show that free-living fungi are likely conduits moving N from interspace soils to plants through the biocrusts in exchange for C from the plant (e.g., Green et al. 2008).”
Diversity of free-living and lichenized fungal communities in biological soil crusts of the Sultanate of Oman and their role in improving soil properties (2013, methodology): “Fungal diversity in crusts has mainly been assessed using cultivation (Grishkan et al., 2006; Green et al., 2008) with the exception of few recent studies where molecular techniques such as denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and 16S rRNA cloning were employed (Bates and Garcia-Pichel, 20”
Biocrusts: the living skin of the earth (2018, unknown): “This research has become more mechanistic in the last decade, and it has been hypothesized that plant and biocrust patches are functionally integrated by exchanges of carbon and nitrogen through a symbiotic fungal network (Green et al. 2008).”
Fungal communities of lichen-dominated biological soil crusts: Diversity, relative microbial biomass, and their relationship to disturbance and crust cover (2010, background): “For example, it has been suggested that fungal mycelia links BSCs with patches of arid land vegetation, mediating nutrient exchange between these systems (Collins et al., 2008; Green et al., 2008).”
A general suite of fungal endophytes dominate the roots of two dominant grasses in a semiarid grassland (2010, background): “, 2005) and that DSE are the dominant colonizers of plant roots within semiarid grasslands (Barrow, 2003; Porras-Alfaro et al., 2007; Green et al., 2008; Porras-Alfaro et al., 2008; Roldán et al., 2008).”
Biological crusts as a model system for examining the biodiversity–ecosystem function relationship in soils (2010, background): “…BSCs interact, sometimes very closely, with other highly functional organisms such as vascular plants and their fungal symbionts (DeFalco et al., 2001; Escudero et al., 2007; Green et al., 2008), decomposer fungi and prokaryotes (Acea et al., 2001), and soil fauna (Darby et al., 2007).”
Moss-dominated biocrusts increase soil microbial abundance and community diversity and improve soil fertility in semi-arid climates on the Loess Plateau of China (2017, background): “, 2008), increasing soil C and N (Green et al., 2008), facilitating vascular plant establishment and growth (Godínez-Alvarez et al.”