title: Breaking new ground at the interface of dendroecology and mycology.
abstract: New insight on the mycorrhizal fungus-host association, expected to emerge from combining dendrochronology, wood anatomy and mycology, may help to understanding better and disentangle biotic, abiotic, and combined edaphic factors of the mutualistic relation between ectomycorrhizal fungi and their perennial partners.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland; Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, Bern, Switzerland; Global Change Research Centre AS CR, Brno, Czech Republic. Electronic address: buentgen@wsl.ch.
authors.forename: Ulf
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Büntgen
authors.affiliation: Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Egli
mesh_terms: D001203:Ascomycota / Q000502:physiology; D004463:Ecology; D005658:Fungi / Q000502:physiology*; D009172:Mycology; D038821:Mycorrhizae / Q000502:physiology*; D010944:Plants / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013559:Symbiosis; D013997:Time Factors; D014197:Trees / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000382:microbiology; D014934:Wood / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000382:microbiology
keywords: carbon allocation; dendroecology; dendrometer; ectomycorrhizal fungi; forest ecosystems; fungus–host symbiosis; mushroom growth; mycelial networks; mycology; perennial partners; phenology; tree rings; wood anatomy