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Soil temperature is proposed to affect the photosynthetic rate and carbon allocation in boreal trees through sink limitation. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of temperature on CO 2  exchange, biomass partitioning and ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi of boreal tree species. We measured carbon allocation, above- and below-ground CO 2  exchange and the species composition of associated ECM fungi in the rhizosphere of Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris  L.), Norway spruce ( Picea abies  K.) and silver birch ( Betula pendula  Roth) seedlings grown in soil maintained at 7–12, 12–15 and 16–22 °C. We found increased root biomass and photosynthetic rate at higher soil temperatures, but simultaneously with photosynthesis rate, higher temperature generally increased soil respiration as well as shoot, and root and rhizosphere respiration. The net CO 2  exchange and seedling biomass did not increase significantly with increasing temperature due to a concomitant increase in carbon assimilation and respiration rates. The 2-month-long growth period in different soil temperatures did not alter the ECM fungi species composition and the below-ground carbon sink strength did not seem to be directly related to ECM biomass and species composition in any of the tree species. Ectomycorrhizal species composition and number of mycorrhiza did not explain the CO 2  exchange results at different temperatures.

The effects of soil and air temperature on CO 2 exchange and net biomass accumulation in Norway spruce, Scots pine and silver birch seedlings