The Future of Trees – Filipa Cox
Added on Fri Sep 25 12:07:00 BST 2020
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Diversity and functioning of forest ectomycorrhizal fungi - Mycorrhizal fungi provide a range of benefits to forest trees – improving plant nutrition, transporting water, and providing protection from pathogens. My research focuses on understanding the causes and consequences of shifts in mycorrhizal fungal communities. Using molecular surveys to characterise fungal communities across multiple spatial scales, I have demonstrated the impacts of nitrogen pollution on ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity in European forests. My current work combines DNA characterisation with measurements of nutrient fluxes, to determine how this vital mutualism varies depending on the plants, fungi and environmental conditions involved.
Trees are an integral part of many landscapes in forests, woodlands, parks, streets and cities but are facing immense challenges from climate change, pests and diseases. This event hoped to stimulate conversations between research communities at The University of Manchester working on research related to forestry, woodland, urban and other treescapes to inform and support future collaborative working.
This event was hosted by Manchester Environmental Research Institute on the 23 September 2020
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