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Table 2 Data used in meta-analysis of mycorrhizal colonization response to fire including control replicates (n c), control mean (x c), experimental replicates (n e), experimental mean (x e), the natural log of the response ratio (ln[R]), and change in colonization (%).

From: Fire Reduces Fungal Species Richness and In Situ Mycorrhizal Colonization: A Meta-Analysis

Reference

Guild studieda

Unit of measurement

in situ or ex situ

Fire typeb

Repeat burn?

Years since fire

Biomec

Location

n c

x c

n e

x e

ln[R]

Change in colonization (%)

Anderson and Menges 1997

AM

% colonized seedlings

ex situ

P

 

0.083

TF

Florida, USA

10

2.2

10

3.8

0.5465

72.7

Bacon et al. 2009

AM

% colonized seedlings

ex situ

W

 

33.000

TF

Arizona, USA

12

20

12

41

0.7178

105

AM

% colonized seedlings

ex situ

W

 

5.000

TF

Arizona, USA

12

7.5

12

16

0.7577

113.3

ECM

% colonized seedlings

ex situ

W

 

33.000

TF

Arizona, USA

12

60

12

75

0.2231

25

ECM

% colonized seedlings

ex situ

W

 

5.000

TF

Arizona, USA

12

71

12

70

−0.0142

−1.4

Barker et al. 2013

ECM

% colonized seedlings

in situ

W

 

0.330

TF

British Columbia, Canada

18

44.9

18

22.9

−0.6742

−49.0

ECM

% colonized seedlings

in situ

P

 

0.330

TF

British Columbia, Canada

18

44.9

18

26.6

−0.5238

−40.8

Bellgard et al. 1994

AM

% root length

ex situ

W

 

0.083

TG

Australia

10

35.9

10

35

−0.0246

−2.4

Bentivenga and Hetrick 1991

AM

% root length

in situ

P

 

0.011

TG

Kansas, USA

4

13.3

4

11.6

−0.1382

−12.9

Buscardo et al. 2010

ECM

% root tips

ex situ

W

 

5.000

TF

Portugal

12

55

12

59.1

0.0719

7.5

ECM

% root tips

ex situ

W

2 consecutive

5.000

TF

Portugal

12

55

12

60

0.0870

9.1

ECM

% root tips

ex situ

W

2 consecutive

5.000

TF

Portugal

12

55

12

64.2

0.1547

16.7

ECM

% root tips

ex situ

W

 

5.000

TF

Portugal

11

42.5

11

38.1

−0.1093

−10.4

ECM

% root tips

ex situ

W

2 consecutive

5.000

TF

Portugal

11

42.5

11

59.1

0.3297

39.1

ECM

% root tips

ex situ

W

2 consecutive

5.000

TF

Portugal

11

42.5

11

25.5

−0.5108

−40.0

Dhillion et al. 1988

AM

% root length

in situ

P

repeat unspecified

0.133

TG

Illinois, USA

10

75

10

39

−0.6539

−48.0

Glassman et al. 2015

ECM

% colonized seedlings

ex situ

W

 

1.000

TF

California, USA

26

100

22

85

−0.1625

−15.0

Hartnett et al. 1994

AM

% root length

in situ

P

 

0.250

TG

Kansas, USA

20

12.5

20

15

0.1823

20.0

Medve 1985

AM

% root tips

in situ

P

 

0.330

TG

Pennsylvania, USA

10

70.2

10

69.9

−0.0043

−0.4

Miller et al. 1998

ECM

% colonized seedlings

ex situ

W

 

1.000

TF

Wyoming, USA

3

38.2

3

62

0.4843

62.3

ECM

% colonized seedlings

ex situ

W

 

1.000

TF

Wyoming, USA

3

28.9

3

55.4

0.6507

91.7

Milne 2002

ECM

% root tips

ex situ

W

 

0.250

TF

Greece

3

29.24

3

16.59

−0.5667

−43.3

Raman and Nagarajan 1996

AM

% root tips

in situ

P

 

0.055

TrF

India

12

53.83

12

35.92

−0.4045

−33.3

Rashid et al. 1997

AM

% root length

in situ

W

 

0.417

TG

Pakistan

10

57

10

23

−0.9076

−59.7

AM

% root length

in situ

W

 

0.417

TG

Pakistan

10

43

10

20.7

−0.7311

−51.9

Rincón et al. 2014

ECM

% root tips

in situ

W

 

14.00

TF

Spain

3

70

3

81.5

0.1526

16.5

ECM

% root tips

in situ

W

 

3.000

TF

Spain

4

70

4

61.0

−0.1383

−12.9

Román and Miguel 2005

ECM

% root length

in situ

P

 

1.000

TF

Spain

5

26.2

5

18

−0.3754

−31.3

Schoenberger and Perry 1982

ECM

% root tips

ex situ

W

 

38.000

TF

Oregon, USA

4

74.6

4

57.8

−0.2552

−22.5

ECM

% root tips

ex situ

W

 

38.000

TF

Oregon, USA

4

74.4

4

79.5

0.0663

6.9

Senthilkumar et al. 1995

AM

% root tips

in situ

P

 

0.083

TrG

India

4

51.25

4

45

−0.1301

−12.2

Tipton 2016

AM

% root length

in situ

P

 

1.000

TG

Missouri, USA

4

33

5

59

0.5810

78.8

AM

% root length

in situ

P

 

2.000

TG

Missouri, USA

4

33

2

60

0.5978

81.8

AM

% root length

in situ

P

 

4.000

TG

Missouri, USA

4

33

3

59

0.5810

78.8

AM

% root length

in situ

P

 

5.000

TG

Missouri, USA

4

33

2

18

−0.6061

−45.5

Torres and Honrubia 1997

ECM

% root tips

ex situ

W

 

1.000

TF

Spain

10

91.1

10

97.1

0.0641

6.6

ECM

% root tips

ex situ

W

 

1.000

TF

Spain

10

91.1

10

75.6

−0.1871

−17.1

Treseder et al. 2004

ECM

% root length

in situ

W

 

3.000

BF

Alaska, USA

10

28.5

10

6.2

−1.5216

−78.2

ECM

% root length

in situ

W

 

35.000

BF

Alaska, USA

10

28.5

10

49.2

0.5449

72.5

ECM

% root length

in situ

W

 

46.000

BF

Alaska, USA

10

28.5

10

39.0

0.3131

36.8

AM

% root length

in situ

W

 

3.000

BF

Alaska, USA

10

30

10

33.2

0.1026

10.8

AM

% root length

in situ

W

 

35.000

BF

Alaska, USA

10

30

10

32.1

0.0664

6.9

AM

% root length

in situ

W

 

46.000

BF

Alaska, USA

10

30

10

35.3

0.1624

17.6

Trusty 2009

ECM

% colonized seedlings

in situ

W

 

5.000

TF

Montana, USA

3

99.6

3

90.8

−0.0925

−8.8

Vásquez-Gassibe et al. 2016

ECM

% root tips

ex situ

W

 

1.000

TF

Spain

5

42.53

5

40

−0.0613

−5.9

ECM

% root tips

ex situ

W

 

1.000

TF

Spain

5

42.53

5

39.82

−0.0891

−8.5

Vilariño and Arines 1991

AM

% root length

in situ

W

 

1.000

TF

Spain

3

51

3

23

−0.7963

−54.9

AM

% root length

in situ

W

 

1.000

TF

Spain

3

51

3

33

−0.4353

−35.3

AM

% root length

in situ

W

 

1.000

TF

Spain

3

51

3

37

−0.3209

−27.5

AM

% root length

in situ

W

 

1.000

TF

Spain

3

51

3

21

−0.8873

−58.8

AM

% root length

in situ

W

 

1.000

TF

Spain

3

51

3

36

−0.3483

−29.4

  1. a AM = arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; ECM = ectomycorrhizal fungi
  2. b P = prescribed fire; W = wildfire
  3. c TF = temperate forest; BF = boreal forest; TrF = tropical forest; TrG = tropical grassland; TG = temperate grassland; TS = temperate shrubland