by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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The presence of different species of fungi<\/strong> affects soil carbon uptake capacity. This is reported in a recent research<\/a> by a group of scientists led by Zhu Jiaojun<\/strong>, a professor at the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The investigation, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, specifically highlighted the dynamics between mycorrhizal species and plant biomass in forest ecosystems under conditions of nitrogen deposition and warming.<\/p>\n “Forest ecosystems store ~80% of the carbon<\/strong> in terrestrial ecosystems, but their long-term carbon sequestration depends partly on how plant biomass and soil carbon stocks will respond to global changes,” the study says. That response, anyway, “remains uncertain.”<\/p>\n