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The objective of this review was to provide a  better understanding of how global climate change and fire  influence the occurrence of understorey legumes and  thereby biological nitrogen (N) fixation rates in forest  ecosystems. Legumes are interesting models since they  represent an interface between the soil, plant, and microbial  compartments, and are directly linked to nutrient cycles  through their ability to fix N. As such, they are likely to be  affected by environmental changes.  Result and discussion Biological N fixation has been  shown to increase under enriched CO2 conditions, but is  constrained by the availability of phosphorus and water.  Climate change can also influence the species composition  of legumes and their symbionts through warming, altered  rainfall patterns, or changes in soil physicochemistry, which  could modify the effectiveness of the symbiosis. Additionally,  global climate change may increase the occurrence and  intensity of forest wildfires thereby further influencing the  distribution of legumes. The establishment of leguminous  species is generally favored by fire, as is N2 fixation. This  fixed N could therefore replenish the N lost through  volatilization during the fire. However, fire may also  generate shifts in the associated microbial community  which could affect the outcome of the symbiosis.  Conclusion Understorey legumes are important functional  species, and even when they cannot reasonably be expected  to reestablish the nutrient balance in forest soils, they may  be used as indicators to monitor nutrient fluxes and the  response of forest ecosystems to changing environmental  conditions. This would be helpful to accurately model  ecosystem N budgets, and since N is often a limiting factor  to plant growth and a major constraint on C storage in  ecosystems, would allow us to assess more precisely the  potential of these forests for C sequestration.Griffith Sciences, School of Natural SciencesFull Tex

Impact of global climate change and fire on the occurrence and function of understorey legumes in forest ecosystems