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Ectomycorrhizal communities and ecological restoration
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Ectomycorrhizal communities and ecological restoration
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status and performance in urban conditions
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ETD_2882
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http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10001600001.ETD.000056452
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eng
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theses
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Ecology and Evolution
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Ectomycorrhizal fungi--Ecology
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Mycorrhizas--Ecology
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Restoration ecology
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Soil ecology
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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Ecological restoration plans rarely take into consideration the soil community of microbial mutualists. One particular group of soil microbes, mycorrhizal fungi, is known to confer benefits to associating host plants and can even influence plant community structure. The primary objectives of this dissertation are to: 1) Determine whether ectomycorrhizal fungal (EMF) communities differ among disturbed candidate restoration sites and old-growth woodland reference sites; 2) Test whether common urban soil stressors alter EMF communities; and 3) Test the efficacy of commercial and field mycorrhizal inoculants for use in restoration projects. In each experiment, colonization by EMF of Quercus rubra (northern red oak) seedlings was used along with morphological and molecular sampling methods to measure EMF community characteristics. EMF abundance and species richness was significantly lower in disturbed site soils and community composition was significantly different from that of reference sites. A suite of urban fungal species was identified that occurred across several study sites. Several common urban soil stressors were found to lower EMF abundance or species richness, indicating that edaphic factors could be partially responsible for depauperate EMF communities of disturbed sites. Inoculation of oak seedlings planted at two disturbed sites failed to result in significant EMF colonization of the seedlings’ root systems, showing that both commercial and field-collected inoculum might not be effective in restoring EMF communities to degraded sites. This research suggests that the soil EMF community should be addressed in woodland restoration projects and more work is necessary to determine how best to restore EMF communities.
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xv, 158 p. : ill.
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Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Amy Suzanne Karpati
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Karpati
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Amy Suzanne
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1982-
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Dighton
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Morin
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Peter J
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Peter J Morin
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Horton
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Thomas R
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Rutgers University
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2010
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2010-10
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ETD doctoral
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Open
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Karpati
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Amy
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2010-09-20 12:42:25
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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