Nitrogen deposition effects on subalpine grassland: The role of nutrient limitations and changes in mycorrhizal abundance

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 57-65

  Blanke, Verena ^a   Bassin, Seraina ^a   Volk, Matthias ^a   Fuhrer, Jürg ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; In growth cores; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Plant functional groups; Subalpine pasture

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ABUNDANCE; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MUTUALISM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; ROOT COLONIZATION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; POACEAE;

EID: 84868251947     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Achermann B., Bobbink R. Empirical Critical Loads for Nitrogen 2003, Swiss Agency for Environment, Forest and Landscape SAEFL, Berne, Switzerland.
2. Aerts R., Chapin F.S. The mineral nutrition of higher plants revisited: a re-evaluation of processes and patterns. Advances in Ecological Research 2000, 30:1-67.
3. Bassin S., Volk M., Suter M., Buchmann N., Fuhrer J. Nitrogen deposition but not ozone affects productivity and community composition of subalpine grassland after 3 yr of treatment. New Phytologist 2007, 175:523-534.
4. Bassin S., Werner R.A., Sörgel K., Volk M., Buchmann N., Fuhrer J. Effects of combined ozone and nitrogen deposition on the in situ properties of eleven key plant species of a subalpine pasture. Oecologia 2009, 158:747-756.
5. Blanke V., Renker C., Wagner M., Füllner K., Held M., Kuhn A.J., Buscot F. Nitrogen supply affects arbuscular mycorhizal colonization of Artemisia vulgaris in a phosphate-polluted field site. New Phytologist 2005, 166:981-992.
6. Blanke V., Wagner M., Renker C., Lippert H., Michulitz M., Kuhn A.J., Buscot F. Arbuscular mycorrhizas in phosphate-polluted soil: interrelations between root colonization and nitrogen. Plant and Soil 2011, 343:379-392.
7. Bobbink R. Effects of nutrient enrichment in Dutch chalk grassland. Journal of Applied Ecology 1991, 28:28-41.
8. Bobbink R., Hicks K., Galloway J., Spranger T., Alkemade R., Ashmore M., Bustamante M., Cinderby S., Davidson E., Dentener F., Emmett B., Erisman J.-W., Fenn M., Gilliam F., Nordin A., Pardo L., de Vries W. Global assessment of nitrogen deposition effects on terrestrial plant diversity: a synthesis. Ecological Applications 2010, 20:30-59.
9. Bowman W.D., Bahn L., Damm M. Alpine landscape variation in foliar nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and the relation to soil nitrogen and phosphorus availability. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 2003, 35:144-149.
10. Bowman W.D., Gartner J.R., Holland K., Wiedermann M. Nitrogen critical loads for alpine vegetation and terrestrial ecosystem response: are we there yet?. Ecological Applications 2006, 16:1183-1193.
11. Bowman W.D., Theodose T.A., Schradt J.C., Conant R.T. Constraints of nutrient availability on primary production in two alpine tundra communities. Ecology 1993, 74:2085-2097.
12. Breuillin F., Schramm J., Hajirezaei M., Ahkami A., Favre P., Druege U., Hause B., Bucher M., Kretzschmar T., Bossolini E., Kuhlemeier C., Martinoia E., Franken P., Scholz U., Reinhardt D. Phosphate systemically inhibits development of arbuscular mycorrhiza in Petunia hybrida and represses genes involved in mycorrhizal functioning. Plant Journal 2010, 64:1002-1017.
13. Brouwer R. Functional equilibrium: sense or nonsense?. Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Sciences 1983, 31:335-348.
14. Egerton-Warburton L.M., Johnson N.C., Allen E.B. Mycorrhizal community dynamics following nitrogen fertilization: a cross-site test in five grasslands. Ecological Monographs 2007, 77:527-544.
15. EKL Eidgenössische Kommission für Lufthygiene Stickstoffhaltige Luftschadstoffe in der Schweiz, BUWAL Schriftenreihe Umwelt Nr. 384 2005, Swiss Agency for Environment, Forest and Landscape SAEFL, Berne, Switzerland.
16. FAL Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Agrarökologie und Landbau Methodenbuch für Boden-, Pflanzen- und Lysimeterwasseruntersuchungen. Schriftenreihe der FAL 27 1998, FAL, Zürich-Reckenholz, Switzerland.
17. Galloway J.N., Townsend A.R., Erisman J.W., Bekunda M., Cai Z., Freney J.R., Martinelli L.A., Seitzinger S.P., Sutton M.A. Transformation of the nitrogen cycle: recent trends, questions, and potential solutions. Science 2008, 320:889-892.
18. Govindarajulu M., Pfeffer P.E., Jin H., Abubaker J., Douds D.D., Allen J.W., Bücking H., Lammers P.J., Shachar-Hill Y. Nitrogen transfer in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Nature 2005, 435:819-823.
19. Güsewell S. N: P ratios in terrestrial plants: variation and functional significance. New Phytologist 2004, 164:243-266.
20. Hammer E.C., Pallon J., Wallander H., Olsson P.A. Tit for tat? A mycorrhizal fungus accumulates phosphorus under low plant carbon availability. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2011, 76:236-244.
21. Hitz C., Egli M., Fitze P. Below-ground and above-ground production of vegetational organic matter along a climosequence in alpine grasslands. The Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 2001, 164:389-397.
22. Hodge A., Helgason T., Fitter A.H. Nutritional ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Fungal Ecology 2010, 3:267-273.
23. Jansa J., Oberholzer H.-R., Egli S. Environmental determinants of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal infectivity of Swiss agricultural soils. European Jornal of Soil Biology 2009, 45:400-408.
24. Jarrell W.M., Beverly R.B. The dilution effect in plant nutrition studies. Advances in Agronomy 1981, 34:197-224.
25. Johnson D., Leake J.R., Read D.J. Novel in-growth core system enables functional studies of grassland mycorrhizal mycelial networks. New Phytologist 2001, 152:555-562.
26. Johnson N.C. Resource stoichiometry elucidates the structure and function of arbuscular mycorrhizas across scales. New Phytologist 2010, 185:631-647.
27. Johnson N.C., Rowland D.L., Corkidi L., Allen E.B. Plant winners and losers during grassland N-eutrophication differ in biomass allocation and mycorrhizas. Ecology 2008, 89:2868-2878.
28. Jones M.D., Smith S.E. Exploring functional definitions of mycorrhizas: are mycorrhizas always mutualisms?. Canadian Journal of Botany 2004, 82:1089-1109.
29. Jumpponen A. Dark septate endophytes - are they mycorrhizal?. Mycorrhiza 2001, 11:207-211.
30. Körner C. Alpine Plant Life 2003, Springer, Heidelberg, Germany. second ed.
31. 2 enrichment: a synthesis. Acta Oecologica 1997, 18:165-175.
32. Litaor M.I., Seastedt T.R., Sackett L.C. Nutrient status in alpine soils of the Colorado Front Range using the nitrogen/phosphorus ratio index. Soil Science Society of America Journal 2008, 72:1628-1636.
33. McGonigle T.P., Miller M.H., Evans D.G., Fairchild G.L., Swan J.A. A new method which gives an objective measure of colonization of roots by vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist 1990, 115:495-501.
34. Newsham K.K. A meta-analysis of plant responses to dark septate root endophytes. New Phytologist 2011, 190:783-793.
35. Olsson P.A., Burleigh S.H., van Aarle I. The influence of external nitrogen on carbon allocation to Glomus intraradices in monoxenic arbuscular mycorrhiza. New Phytologist 2005, 168:677-686.
36. Olsson P.A., van Aarle I.M., Allaway W.G., Ashford A.E., Rouhier H. Phosphorus effects on metabolic processes in monoxenic arbuscular mycorrhiza cultures. Plant Physiology 2002, 130:1162-1171.
37. Phoenix G.K., Booth R.E., Leake J.R., Read D.J., Grime J.P., Lee J.A. Simulated pollutant nitrogen deposition increases P demand and enhances root-surface phosphatase activities of three plant functional types in a calcareous grassland. New Phytologist 2003, 161:279-289.
38. R Development Core Team R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing 2010, R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. http://www.R-project.org.
39. Read D.J., Haselwandter K. Observations on the mycorrhizal status of some alpine plant communities. New Phytologist 1981, 88:341-352.
40. Ruotsalainen A.L., Väre H., Oksanen J., Tuomi J. Root fungus colonization along an altitudinal gradient in North Norway. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 2004, 36:239-243.
41. Smith S.E., Read D.J. Mycorrhizal Symbiosis 2008, Academic Press, London, UK. third ed.
42. Smith F.A., Smith S.E. Mutualism and Parasitism: diversity in function and structure in the " arbuscular" (VA) mycorrhizal symbiosis. Advances in Botanical Research 1996, 22:1-43.
43. Soudzilovskaia N.A., Onipchenko V.G., Cornelissen J.H.C., Aerts R. Biomass production, N: P ratio and nutrient limitation in a Caucasian alpine tundra plant community. The Journal of Vegetation Science 2005, 16:399-406.
44. Sylvia D.M., Neal L.H. Nitrogen affects the phosphorus response of VA mycorrhiza. New Phytologist 1990, 115:303-310.
45. Tilman D. Plant Strategies and The Dynamics and Structure of Plant Communities 1988, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
46. Treseder K.K., Allen M.F. Direct nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: a model and field test. New Phytologist 2002, 155:507-515.
47. van der Heijden M.G.A. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as a determinant of plant diversity: in search for underlying mechanisms and general principles. Mycorrhizal Ecology 2002, 243-265. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany. M.G.A. van der Heiden, I.R. Sanders (Eds.).
48. van der Heijden M.G.A. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as support systems for seedling establishment in grassland. Ecological Letters 2004, 7:293-303.
49. van der Heijden M.G.A., Verkade S., de Bruin S.J. Mycorrhizal fungi reduce the negative effects of nitrogen enrichment on plant community structure in dune grassland. Global Change Biology 2008, 14:1-10.
50. van Wijk M.T., Williams M., Gough L., Hobbie S.E., Shaver G.R. Luxury consumption of soil nutrients: a possible competitive strategy in above-ground and below-ground biomass allocation and root morphology for slow-growing arctic vegetation?. Journal of Ecology 2003, 91:664-676.
51. Vierheilig H., Coughlan A.P., Wyss U., Piché Y. Ink and vinegar, a simple staining technique for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1998, 64:5004-5007.
52. Vitousek P.M., Aber J.D., Howarth R.W., Likens G.E., Matson P.A., Schindler D.W., Schlesinger W.H., Tilman D.G. Human alteration of the global nitrogen cycle: sources and consequences. Ecological Applications 1997, 7:737-757.
53. Wang B., Qiu Y.-L. Phylogenetic distribution and evolution of mycorrhizas in land plants. Mycorrhiza 2006, 16:299-363.
54. Wilson G.W.T., Hartnett D.C. Interspecific variation in plant responses to mycorrhizal colonization in tallgrass prairie. American Journal of Botany 1998, 85:1732-1738.
55. Yoneyama K., Xie X., Kusumoto D., Sekimoto H., Sugimoto Y., Takeuchi Y., Yoneyama K. Nitrogen deficiency as well as phosphorus deficiency in sorghum promotes the production and exudation of 5-deoxystrigol, the host recognition signal for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and root parasites. Planta 2007, 227:125-132.
56. Zhang T., Sun Y., Song Y., Tian C., Feng G. On-site growth response of a desert ephemeral plant, Plantago minuta, to indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a central Asia desert. Symbiosis 2011, 55:77-84.
57. Zubek S., Blaszkowski J., Delimat A., Turnau K. Arbuscular mycorrhizal and dark septate endophyte colonization along altitudinal gradients in the Tatra Mountains. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 2009, 41:272-279.