Higher fungal diversity is correlated with lower CO2 emissions from dead wood in a natural forest
Yahan Yang, Douglas A. Schaefer, Weijie Liu, Viorel D. Popescu, Chenxue Yang, Xiaoyang Wang, Chunying Wu, Douglas W. Yu
The paper correlates higher fungal diversity in decomposing wood with lower CO2 emissions, suggesting a diversity effect on decomposition rates in a natural forest.
bioRxiv · Jun 13, 2016Ecology