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Greenwood L, Nimmo DG, Egidi E, Price JN, McIntosh R, Frew A. Fire shapes fungal guild diversity and composition through direct and indirect pathways. Mol Ecol 2023; 32:4921-4939. [PMID: 37452603 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Fire has shaped global ecosystems for millennia by directly killing organisms and indirectly altering habitats and resources. All terrestrial ecosystems, including fire-prone ecosystems, rely on soil-inhabiting fungi, where they play vital roles in ecological processes. Yet our understanding of how fire regimes influence soil fungi remains limited and our knowledge of these interactions in semiarid landscapes is virtually absent. We collected soil samples and vegetation measurements from sites across a gradient in time-since-fire ages (0-75 years-since-fire) and fire frequency (burnt 0-5 times during the recent 29-year period) in a semiarid heathland of south-eastern Australia. We characterized fungal communities using ITS amplicon-sequencing and assigned fungi taxonomically to trophic guilds. We used structural equation models to examine direct, indirect and total effects of time-since-fire and fire frequency on total fungal, ectomycorrhizal, saprotrophic and pathogenic richness. We used multivariate analyses to investigate how total fungal, ectomycorrhizal, saprotrophic and pathogenic species composition differed between post-fire successional stages and fire frequency classes. Time-since-fire was an important driver of saprotrophic richness; directly, saprotrophic richness increased with time-since-fire, and indirectly, saprotrophic richness declined with time-since-fire (resulting in a positive total effect), mediated through the impact of fire on substrates. Frequently burnt sites had lower numbers of saprotrophic and pathogenic species. Post-fire successional stages and fire frequency classes were characterized by distinct fungal communities, with large differences in ectomycorrhizal species composition. Understanding the complex responses of fungal communities to fire can be improved by exploring how the effects of fire flow through ecosystems. Diverse fire histories may be important for maintaining the functional diversity of fungi in semiarid regions.
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- Leanne Greenwood
- Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Thurgoona, New South Wales, Australia
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- Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Thurgoona, New South Wales, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
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- Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Thurgoona, New South Wales, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
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Martín-Pinto P, Fernández C, Santos M, Fontúrbel T, Oria-de-Rueda JA, Vázquez-Veloso A, Stadler T, Mediavilla O, Sanz-Benito I. Unaltered fungal community after fire prevention treatments over widespread Mediterranean rockroses (Halimium lasianthum). Sci Rep 2023; 13:608. [PMID: 36635464 PMCID: PMC9837117 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-27945-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Mediterranean ecosystems are frequently invaded by pyrophytic scrubs such as Halimium lasianthum that colonize areas traditionally used by livestock. A diverse fungal community is associated with this kind of vegetation, playing an important ecological role in these ecosystems. However, uncontrolled expansion of these shrubs considerably increases the risk of wildfires in these stands and, hence, fire-prevention treatments are needed. To investigate the long-term effects of two different forest-fire-prevention treatments on the soil fungal community, we analyzed these communities 9 years after prescribed burning or mechanical shredding were carried out in scrubland dominated by H. lasianthum. Neither of the fire-prevention treatments had a negative long-term effect on the abundance or richness of ectomycorrhizal fungi. However, saprotrophs and lichenized fungi experienced negative effects. Soil fertility significantly affected the distribution of fungi according to their functional groups, and pH was the most influential variable in terms of the distribution of edible species. Our findings indicate that forest management practices to prevent forest fires does not negatively affect the fungal community in the long-term, but for lichens and decomposers. Moreover, prescribed burning is suggested as a more economical way of reducing the risk of wildfires without affecting the ecology of the fungal community.
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- Pablo Martín-Pinto
- Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute UVa-INIA, Avenida Madrid, S/N, 34004, Palencia, Spain. .,Department of Vegetal Production and Natural Resources, University of Valladolid, Avenida Madrid, S/N, 34004, Palencia, Spain.
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- Centro de Investigación Forestal-Lourizán, Xunta de Galicia, P.O. Box. 127, 36080 Pontevedra, Spain
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- Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute UVa-INIA, Avenida Madrid, S/N, 34004 Palencia, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Forestal-Lourizán, Xunta de Galicia, P.O. Box. 127, 36080 Pontevedra, Spain
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- Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute UVa-INIA, Avenida Madrid, S/N, 34004 Palencia, Spain
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- Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute UVa-INIA, Avenida Madrid, S/N, 34004 Palencia, Spain
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- University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde, Schickler Street 5, 16225 Eberswalde, Germany
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- Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute UVa-INIA, Avenida Madrid, S/N, 34004 Palencia, Spain
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- Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute UVa-INIA, Avenida Madrid, S/N, 34004 Palencia, Spain
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Prescribed burning is a tool that is frequently used for various land management objectives, mainly related to reduction of hazardous forest fuels, habitat management and ecological restoration. Given the crucial role of soil in forest ecosystem processes and functions, assessing the effects of prescribed burning on soil is particularly relevant. This study reviews research on the impacts of repeated prescribed burning on the physical, chemical and biological properties of soil. The available information shows that the effects are highly variable, rather inconsistent and generally minor for most of the soil characteristics studied, while a number of soil properties show contrasting responses. On the other hand, ecosystem characteristics, differences in fire severity, frequency of application and the cumulative effect of treatment repetition over time, have possibly made it more difficult to find a more common response in soil attributes. Our study has also revealed some limitations of previous research that may have contributed to this result, including a limited number of long-term studies, conducted at a few experimental sites, and in a limited number of forest ecosystems. Research issues concerning the effects of prescribed fire on soil are presented. The need to integrate such research into a broader interdisciplinary framework, encompassing the role of the fire regime on ecosystem functions and processes, is also highlighted.
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Livne-Luzon S, Shemesh H, Osem Y, Carmel Y, Migael H, Avidan Y, Tsafrir A, Glassman SI, Bruns TD, Ovadia O. High resilience of the mycorrhizal community to prescribed seasonal burnings in eastern Mediterranean woodlands. MYCORRHIZA 2021; 31:203-216. [PMID: 33475801 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-020-01010-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Fire effects on ecosystems range from destruction of aboveground vegetation to direct and indirect effects on belowground microorganisms. Although variation in such effects is expected to be related to fire severity, another potentially important and poorly understood factor is the effect of fire seasonality on soil microorganisms. We carried out a large-scale field experiment examining the effects of spring (early-dry season) versus autumn (late-dry- season) burns on the community composition of soil fungi in a typical Mediterranean woodland. Although the intensity and severity of our prescribed burns were largely consistent between the two burning seasons, we detected differential fire season effects on the composition of the soil fungal community, driven by changes in the saprotrophic fungal guild. The community composition of ectomycorrhizal fungi, assayed both in pine seedling bioassays and from soil sequencing, appeared to be resilient to the variation inflicted by seasonal fires. Since changes in the soil saprotrophic fungal community can directly influence carbon emission and decomposition rates, we suggest that regardless of their intensity and severity, seasonal fires may cause changes in ecosystem functioning.
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- Stav Livne-Luzon
- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel.
- Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Tel-Hai College, Kiryat Shmona, 1220800, Israel
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- Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Institute of Plant Sciences, Bet Dagan, Israel
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- Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Tel-Hai College, Kiryat Shmona, 1220800, Israel
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- Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Sede Boqer Campus, 84990, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720-3102, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel.
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Lombao A, Barreiro A, Fontúrbel MT, Martín A, Carballas T, Díaz-Raviña M. Key factors controlling microbial community responses after a fire: Importance of severity and recurrence. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 741:140363. [PMID: 32615429 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Revised: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Wildfires are a major problem in Mediterranean forest ecosystems, affecting the same area year after year. Their severity is increasing, partly due to climate change and hence, every now and then, virulent fires of high severity spread ravage this region. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of fire regime (recurrence, severity) in soil microbial community structure analyzing the phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) and the microbial functional diversity assessing the level physiological profiling technique (CLPP). Samples of a soil affected by a high severities wildfire and a soil affected by a low severity experimental fire were heated under laboratory conditions at different temperatures to simulate different fire severity. To simulate fire recurrence, the heating treatment was repeated after one month of incubation. The fire severity was estimated as the amount of heat supplied to samples by degree-hour methodology. A marked impact of fire regime on soil microorganisms was detected; the microbial community response varied depending on previous history of fire and the magnitude of changes in PLFA pattern and CLPP, was related to the amount of heat supplied to the samples. Wildfires had a greater impact on microbial community structure than subsequent soil heating in the laboratory. The total biomass and the biomass of specific groups of microorganisms decreased notably as a consequence of wildfire and minor changes were detected due to the experimental fire and soil heating under laboratory conditions. The results clearly showed the usefulness of PLFA pattern to study the effect of fire regimes and associated direct and indirect changes in soil microorganisms and in soil quality. The data also indicated that the degree-hour methodology rather than maximum temperature is adequate to simulate fire severity and evaluate the impact of thermal shock on soil ecosystems.
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- A Lombao
- Departamento de Bioquímica del Suelo, Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia (IIAG-CSIC), P.O. Box 122, Avda. Vigo s/n, 15780 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica del Suelo, Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia (IIAG-CSIC), P.O. Box 122, Avda. Vigo s/n, 15780 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Forestal-Lourizán, Consellería do Medio Rural, Xunta de Galicia, P.O. Box 127, 36080 Pontevedra, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica del Suelo, Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia (IIAG-CSIC), P.O. Box 122, Avda. Vigo s/n, 15780 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica del Suelo, Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia (IIAG-CSIC), P.O. Box 122, Avda. Vigo s/n, 15780 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica del Suelo, Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia (IIAG-CSIC), P.O. Box 122, Avda. Vigo s/n, 15780 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Gharun M, Possell M, Bell TL, Adams MA. Optimisation of fuel reduction burning regimes for carbon, water and vegetation outcomes. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2017; 203:157-170. [PMID: 28783012 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.07.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Revised: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Fire plays a critical role in biodiversity, carbon balance, soil erosion, and nutrient and hydrological cycles. While empirical evidence shows that fuel reduction burning can reduce the incidence, severity and extent of unplanned fires in Australia and elsewhere, the integration of environmental values into fire management operations is not well-defined and requires further research and development. In practice, the priority for fuel reduction burning is effective mitigation of risk to life and property. Environmental management objectives, including maintenance of high quality water, reduction of CO2 emissions and conservation of biodiversity can be constrained by this priority. We explore trade-offs between fuel reduction burning and environmental management objectives and propose a framework for optimising fuel reduction burning for environmental outcomes.
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- Mana Gharun
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia; Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre, East Melbourne, VIC, 3002, Australia.
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia; Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre, East Melbourne, VIC, 3002, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia; Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre, East Melbourne, VIC, 3002, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia; Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre, East Melbourne, VIC, 3002, Australia
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Fire regime, not time-since-fire, affects soil fungal community diversity and composition in temperate grasslands. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2016; 363:fnw196. [DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnw196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Long term repeated fire disturbance alters soil bacterial diversity but not the abundance in an Australian wet sclerophyll forest. Sci Rep 2016; 6:19639. [PMID: 26787458 PMCID: PMC4726133 DOI: 10.1038/srep19639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Effects of fire on biogeochemical cycling in terrestrial ecosystem are widely acknowledged, while few studies have focused on the bacterial community under the disturbance of long-term frequent prescribed fire. In this study, three treatments (burning every two years (B2), burning every four years (B4) and no burning (B0)) were applied for 38 years in an Australian wet sclerophyll forest. Results showed that bacterial alpha diversity (i.e. bacterial OTU) in the top soil (0-10 cm) was significantly higher in the B2 treatment compared with the B0 and B4 treatments. Non-metric multidimensional analysis (NMDS) of bacterial community showed clear separation of the soil bacterial community structure among different fire frequency regimes and between the depths. Different frequency fire did not have a substantial effect on bacterial composition at phylum level or bacterial 16S rRNA gene abundance. Soil pH and C:N ratio were the major drivers for bacterial community structure in the most frequent fire treatment (B2), while other factors (EC, DOC, DON, MBC, NH4(+), TC and TN) were significant in the less frequent burning and no burning treatments (B4 and B0). This study suggested that burning had a dramatic impact on bacterial diversity but not abundance with more frequent fire.
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Buscardo E, Rodríguez-Echeverría S, Freitas H, De Angelis P, Pereira JS, Muller LAH. Contrasting soil fungal communities in Mediterranean pine forests subjected to different wildfire frequencies. FUNGAL DIVERS 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s13225-014-0294-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Brown SP, Callaham MA, Oliver AK, Jumpponen A. Deep Ion Torrent sequencing identifies soil fungal community shifts after frequent prescribed fires in a southeastern US forest ecosystem. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2013; 86:557-66. [PMID: 23869991 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2013] [Revised: 07/11/2013] [Accepted: 07/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Prescribed burning is a common management tool to control fuel loads, ground vegetation, and facilitate desirable game species. We evaluated soil fungal community responses to long-term prescribed fire treatments in a loblolly pine forest on the Piedmont of Georgia and utilized deep Internal Transcribed Spacer Region 1 (ITS1) amplicon sequencing afforded by the recent Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM). These deep sequence data (19,000 + reads per sample after subsampling) indicate that frequent fires (3-year fire interval) shift soil fungus communities, whereas infrequent fires (6-year fire interval) permit system resetting to a state similar to that without prescribed fire. Furthermore, in nonmetric multidimensional scaling analyses, primarily ectomycorrhizal taxa were correlated with axes associated with long fire intervals, whereas soil saprobes tended to be correlated with the frequent fire recurrence. We conclude that (1) multiplexed Ion Torrent PGM analyses allow deep cost effective sequencing of fungal communities but may suffer from short read lengths and inconsistent sequence quality adjacent to the sequencing adaptor; (2) frequent prescribed fires elicit a shift in soil fungal communities; and (3) such shifts do not occur when fire intervals are longer. Our results emphasize the general responsiveness of these forests to management, and the importance of fire return intervals in meeting management objectives.
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- Shawn P Brown
- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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Anderson IC, Drigo B, Keniry K, Ghannoum O, Chambers SM, Tissue DT, Cairney JW. Interactive effects of preindustrial, current and future atmospheric CO2concentrations and temperature on soil fungi associated with twoEucalyptusspecies. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2012; 83:425-37. [DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Revised: 08/07/2012] [Accepted: 08/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Ian C. Anderson
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney; Penrith; NSW; Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney; Penrith; NSW; Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney; Penrith; NSW; Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney; Penrith; NSW; Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney; Penrith; NSW; Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney; Penrith; NSW; Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney; Penrith; NSW; Australia
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Wilkinson A, Solan M, Alexander I, Johnson D. Species richness and nitrogen supply regulate the productivity and respiration of ectomycorrhizal fungi in pure culture. FUNGAL ECOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2011.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Nishizawa T, Zhaorigetu, Komatsuzaki M, Sato Y, Kaneko N, Ohta H. Molecular characterization of fungal communities in non-tilled, cover-cropped upland rice field soils. Microbes Environ 2011; 25:204-10. [PMID: 21597240 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me10108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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This study aimed to characterize soil fungal communities in upland rice fields managed with tillage/non-tillage and winter cover-cropping (hairy vetch and cereal rye) practices, using PCR-based molecular methods. The study plots were maintained as upland fields for 5 years and the soils sampled in the second and fifth years were analyzed using T-RFLP (terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism) profiling and clone libraries with the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and domain 1 (D1) of the fungal large-subunit (fLSU) rRNA (D1(fLSU)) as the target DNA sequence. From the 2nd-year-sample, 372 cloned sequences of fungal ITS-D1(fLSU) were obtained and clustered into 80 nonredundant fungal OTUs (operational taxonomic units) in 4 fungal phyla. The T-RFLP profiling was performed with the 2nd- and 5th-year-samples and the major T-RFs (terminal restriction fragments) were identified using a theoretical fragment analysis of the ITS-D1(fLSU) clones. These molecular analyses showed that the fungal community was influenced more strongly by the cover-cropping than tillage practices. Moreover, the non-tilled, cover-cropped soil was characterized by a predominance of Cryptococcus sp. in the phylum Basidiomycota. We provided a genetic database of the fungal ITS-D1(fLSU)s in the differently managed soils of upland rice fields.
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- Tomoyasu Nishizawa
- Ibaraki University College of Agriculture, 3–21–1 Chuou, Ami-machi, Ibaraki 300–0393, Japan.
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Koide RT, Fernandez CW, Peoples MS. Can ectomycorrhizal colonization of Pinus resinosa roots affect their decomposition? THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2011; 191:508-514. [PMID: 21418224 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03694.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In many forest ecosystems, fine root litter comprises a large pool of organic carbon and nutrients. In temperate climates ectomycorrhizal fungi colonize the roots of many forest plant species. If ectomycorrhizal colonization influenced root decomposition, it could significantly influence carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling. Fungal tissues and fine roots may decompose at different rates and, therefore, ectomycorrhizal colonization may either hasten or retard root decomposition. Unfortunately, no comparisons of the decomposition of roots and ectomycorrhizal fungi have yet been made. Therefore, we compared decomposition of Pinus resinosa fine roots and ectomycorrhizal fungi from a Pinus resinosa plantation. We also compared the decomposition rates of nonmycorrhizal Pinus resinosa fine roots with roots colonized by nine species of ectomycorrhizal fungi. We found that the several tested isolates of ectomycorrhizal fungi decomposed far more rapidly than the fine roots and that ectomycorrhizal colonization either had no significant effect on root decomposition or significantly increased root decomposition depending on the isolate of fungus. We conclude that the composition of an ectomycorrhizal fungal community may affect carbon and nutrient cycling through its influence on root decomposition.
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- Roger T Koide
- Department of Horticulture, 102 Tyson Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
- Graduate Program in Ecology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Graduate Program in Ecology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Horticulture, 102 Tyson Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Buscardo E, Rodríguez-Echeverría S, Martín MP, De Angelis P, Pereira JS, Freitas H. Impact of wildfire return interval on the ectomycorrhizal resistant propagules communities of a Mediterranean open forest. Fungal Biol 2010; 114:628-36. [PMID: 20943174 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2010.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2010] [Revised: 04/08/2010] [Accepted: 05/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi, in particular their spores and other resistant propagules, play an important role in secondary succession processes that facilitate regeneration after disturbance events. In this study, the effects of high and low wildfire frequencies (respectively short and long fire return intervals) on the resistant propagules communities (RPCs) of a Mediterranean open pine forest were compared. Soil samples were collected in four mountain sites with different fire return intervals and used to test ectomycorrhiza development in two hosts, Pinus pinaster and Quercus suber. RPCs were characterized by direct sequencing of fungal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions from individual ECM root tips. Eighteen ECM species were detected in the bioassay. The most frequently found fungi were Cenococcum geophilum, Inocybe jacobi, Thelephora terrestris, Tomentella ellisii on both hosts and Rhizopogon luteolus and R. roseolus on maritime pine. A short fire return interval reduced the species richness of the ECM community found on Q. suber, promoted species like R. roseolus and reduced the abundance of other species (e.g. R. luteolus). The abundance of I. jacobi was positively affected by long fire return interval, but decreased significantly with recurrent fires. These results indicate that changes in fire frequency can alter the structure, composition and diversity of ECM communities, which could compromise the resilience of the ecosystem in highly disturbed areas.
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- Erika Buscardo
- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3001-401 Coimbra, Portugal.
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Artz RRE, Reid E, Anderson IC, Campbell CD, Cairney JWG. Long term repeated prescribed burning increases evenness in the basidiomycete laccase gene pool in forest soils. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2009; 67:397-410. [PMID: 19187216 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00650.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Repeated prescribed burning alters the biologically labile fraction of nutrients and carbon of soil organic matter (SOM). Using a long-term (30 years) repeated burning experiment where burning has been carried out at a 2- or 4-year frequency, we analysed the effect of prescribed burning on gross potential C turnover rates and phenol oxidase activity in relation to shifts in SOM composition as observed using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. In tandem, we assessed the genetic diversity of basidiomycete laccases. While the overall effect of burning was a decline in phenol oxidase activity, Shannon diversity and evenness of laccases was significantly higher in burned sites. Co-correspondence analysis of SOM composition and laccase operational taxonomic unit frequency data also suggested a strong correlation. While this correlation could indicate that the observed increase in laccase genetic diversity due to burning is due to increased resource diversity, a temporal replacement of the most abundant members of the assembly by an otherwise dormant pool of fungi cannot be excluded. As such, our results fit the intermediate disturbance hypothesis. Effects were stronger in plots burned in 2-year rotations, suggesting that the 4-year burn frequency may be a more sustainable practice to ensure the long-term stability of C cycling in such ecosystems.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rebekka R E Artz
- The Macaulay Institute, Soils Group, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
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