Variations of the ectomycorrhizal community in high mountain Norway spruce stands and correlations with the main pedoclimatic factors [Elektronische Ressource] / Linda Scattolin

UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA FACOLTÀ DI AGRARIA DIPARTIMENTO TERRITORIO E SISTEMI AGRO-FORESTALI LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN FAKULTÄT FÜR BIOLOGIE DEPARTMENT BIOLOGIE DOTTORATO DI RICERCA IN ECOLOGIA FORESTALE XIX CICLO VARIATIONS OF THE ECTOMYCORRHIZAL COMMUNITY IN HIGH MOUNTAIN NORWAY SPRUCE STANDS AND CORRELATIONS WITH THE MAIN PEDOCLIMATIC FACTORS Coordinatore: Ch.mo Prof. Franco Viola Supervisori: Ch.mo Prof. Lucio Montecchio Ch.mo Prof. Reinhard Agerer Dottoranda: Linda Scattolin DATA CONSEGNA TESI 31 dicembre 2006 CONTENTS 3 CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 15 CHAPTER 2 THE ECTOMYCORRHIZAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN HIGH MOUNTAIN NORWAY SPRUCE STANDS 37 CHAPTER 3 THE ECTOMYCORRHIZAL VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION IN THE TOP SOIL OF NORWAY SPRUCE STANDS 57 CHAPTER 4 SAMPLING METHODS TO ASSESS THE ECTOMYCORRHIZAL COMMUNITIES: STILL INACCURATE TOOLS TO DESCRIBE THE UNDERGROUND COMPLEXITY 83 CHAPTER 5 GENERAL DISCUSSION 85 ABSTRACTS87 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ______________________________________________________________ The experimental works described in this thesis are part of scientific papers submitted or to be submitted to international journals. CHAPTER 2: Scattolin L., Montecchio L., Agerer R., 2006.