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Justine Karst
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Research
Latest papers
What determines transfer of carbon from plants to mycorrhizal fungi?
The New phytologist · 2024 · senior author
Author Correction: Positive citation bias and overinterpreted results lead to misinformation on common mycorrhizal networks in forests.
Nature ecology & evolution · 2023 · first author
Positive citation bias and overinterpreted results lead to misinformation on common mycorrhizal networks in forests.
Nature ecology & evolution · 2023 · first author
Latest funding
- $54,000
Ectomycorrhizal fungi and water acquisition by trees
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $289,146
Carbon under Canadian forests - Why soils matter
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $203,000
Switching belowground partners: biogeochemical consequences of mycorrhizal type in aspen forests
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
23 publications.
What determines transfer of carbon from plants to mycorrhizal fungi?
Bunn RA, Corrêa A, Joshi J, Kaiser C, Lekberg Y, Prescott CE, Sala A, Karst J
Author Correction: Positive citation bias and overinterpreted results lead to misinformation on common mycorrhizal networks in forests.
Karst J, Jones MD, Hoeksema JD
Positive citation bias and overinterpreted results lead to misinformation on common mycorrhizal networks in forests.
Karst J, Jones MD, Hoeksema JD
Seasonal and annual dynamics of western Canadian boreal forest plant communities: A legacy data set spanning four decades.
Hesketh AV, Loesberg JA, Bledsoe EK, Karst J, Macdonald SE
Choices on sampling, sequencing, and analyzing DNA influence the estimation of community composition of plant fungal symbionts.
Cale JA, Scott N, Pec GJ, Landhäusser SM, Karst J
Long-term nitrogen addition does not sustain host tree stem radial growth but doubles the abundance of high-biomass ectomycorrhizal fungi.
Karst J, Wasyliw J, Birch JD, Franklin J, Chang SX, Erbilgin N
Assessing the dual-mycorrhizal status of a widespread tree species as a model for studies on stand biogeochemistry.
Karst J, Franklin J, Simeon A, Light A, Bennett JA, Erbilgin N
Changes in soil fungal community composition depend on functional group and forest disturbance type.
Rodriguez-Ramos JC, Cale JA, Cahill JF, Simard SW, Karst J, Erbilgin N
The effects of ectomycorrhizal fungal networks on seedling establishment are contingent on species and severity of overstorey mortality.
Pec GJ, Simard SW, Cahill JF, Karst J
Density-dependent processes fluctuate over 50 years in an ecotone forest.
Birch JD, Lutz JA, Simard SW, Pelletier R, LaRoi GH, Karst J
Ectomycorrhizal fungi and water acquisition by trees
Principal investigators: Karst, Justine
Keywords: mycorrhizal ecology; fungi; water; roots; common mycorrhizal networks; boreal forest; soil structure; hyphae; isotopes; genets
Carbon under Canadian forests - Why soils matter
Principal investigators: QUIDEAU, SYLVIE SA
Keywords: climate-smart forestry; forest fire; forest soils; global change; harvesting; organic geochemistry; pedology; salvage logging; soil biodiversity; soil carbon
Switching belowground partners: biogeochemical consequences of mycorrhizal type in aspen forests
Principal investigators: Karst, Justine
Using the functional traits of soil fungi to improve post-disturbance pine regeneration
Principal investigators: Erbilgin, Nadir
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Terrestrial Restoration Ecology
Principal investigators: Karst, Justine
Designing successful forest renewal practices for our changing climate
Principal investigators: Simard, Suzanne
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Justine Karst and Nadir Erbilgin: 7 shared papers
- Suzanne Simard and Justine Karst: 1 shared paper
- Suzanne Simard and Miranda Hart: 1 shared paper
- Justine Karst and Miranda Hart: 1 shared paper
- Justine Karst and Jaya Joshi: 1 shared paper
- Department of Renewable Resources
- Renewable Resources
- Wood Science
- Biology Okanagan
- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences
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