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Lee J, Zhou X, Seo YO, Lee ST, Yun J, Yang Y, Kim J, Kang H. Effects of vegetation shift from needleleaf to broadleaf species on forest soil CO 2 emission. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 856:158907. [PMID: 36150592 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Forest soil harbors diverse microbial communities with decisive roles in ecosystem processes. Vegetation shift from needleleaf to broadleaf species is occurring across the globe due to climate change and anthropogenic activities, potentially change forest soil microbial communities and C cycle. However, our knowledge on the impact of such vegetation shift on soil microbial community and activities, and its consequences on forest soil C dynamics are still not well established. Here, we examined the seasonal variation of soil CO2 emission, soil extracellular enzyme activities (EEAs), and soil bacterial, fungal communities in subtropical forest from broadleaf, needleleaf, and mixed stands. In addition, soil CO2 emission and soil EEAs were measured in temperate forest during the growing season. Soil organic matter (SOM) content significantly differs between broadleaf and needleleaf forests and primarily distinguish various soil chemical and microbial characteristics. Significantly higher EEAs and soil CO2 emission in broadleaf forest compared to needleleaf forest were observed both in subtropical and temperate forests. The relative abundance of Basidiomycota positively correlated with SOM and EEAs and indirectly increase soil CO2 emission whereas the relative abundance of Ascomycota exhibits opposite trend, suggesting that soil fungal communities play a key role in determining the different microbial activities between broadleaf and needleleaf stands. The temperature sensitivity of soil CO2 emission was significantly higher in broadleaf forest compared to needleleaf forest, further suggesting that the soil organic carbon in broadleaf forests is more vulnerable to warming.
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- Jaehyun Lee
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea; College of Agricultural Science and Engineering, Hohai University, China
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- Warm Temperate and Subtropical Forest Research Center, National Institute of Forest Science, Republic of Korea
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- Lab of Silvicultural Practices and Management, National Institute of Forest Science, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea.
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Plant Traits and Phylogeny Predict Soil Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in Mediterranean Mixed Forests. Ecosystems 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s10021-022-00815-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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AbstractSoil functioning is closely linked to the interactions between biological communities with the physical environment. Yet, the impact of plant community attributes on metabolic processes promoting soil nutrient cycling remains largely unknown. We hypothesized that the plant community acts as a regulating agent of nutrient mobilization in soils according to the phylogenetic and morpho-functional traits of plant species of which it is composed. Rhizosphere soils were collected in autumn and spring under 32 tree and shrub species in two Mediterranean mixed forests (four plots in each) located in southern Spain, and nine soil enzymatic activities related to C, N and P mobilization were assessed. Phylogeny and morpho-functional traits of plant species were recorded and their imprint in soil enzymatic activities across forests was determined. The results showed a plant phylogenetic signal for N mobilization in both forests, while it varied across forests for non-labile C and P mobilization. The plant phylogenetic signals were primarily driven by lineages that diversified through the Miocene, about 25 Myr ago. In addition, leaf traits and plant’s mycorrhizal type explained soil enzymatic activities independently from phylogeny. C and P mobilization increased under ectomycorrhizal plants, whilst enhanced N mobilization did occur under arbuscular mycorrhizal ones. The plant community composition led to a different carbon and nutrient mobilization degree, which in turn was mediated by distinct microbial communities mirroring differentiated resource-acquisition strategies of plants. Our results highlight the role of plant traits and mycorrhizal interactions in modulating carbon and nutrient cycling in Mediterranean mixed forest soils.
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Wang F, Mi X, Chen L, Xu W, Durka W, Swenson NG, Johnson DJ, Worthy SJ, Xue J, Zhu Y, Schmid B, Liang Y, Ma K. Differential impacts of adult trees on offspring and non-offspring recruits in a subtropical forest. SCIENCE CHINA. LIFE SCIENCES 2022; 65:1905-1913. [PMID: 36098896 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-021-2148-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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An important mechanism promoting species coexistence is conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD), which inhibits conspecific neighbors by accumulating host-specific enemies near adult trees. Natural enemies may be genotype-specific and regulate offspring dynamics more strongly than non-offspring, which is often neglected due to the difficulty in ascertaining genetic relatedness. Here, we investigated whether offspring and non-offspring of a dominant species, Castanopsis eyrei, suffered from different strength of CNDD based on parentage assignment in a subtropical forest. We found decreased recruitment efficiency (proxy of survival probability) of offspring compared with non-offspring near adult trees during the seedling-sapling transition, suggesting genotype-dependent interactions drive tree demographic dynamics. Furthermore, the genetic similarity between individuals of same cohort decreased in late life history stages, indicating genetic-relatedness-dependent tree mortality throughout ontogeny. Our results demonstrate that within-species genetic relatedness significantly affects the strength of CNDD, implying genotype-specific natural enemies may contribute to population dynamics in natural forests.
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- Fang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
- Department Community Ecology, Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, Halle, 06120, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556, USA
- University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center, Land O'Lakes, Wisconsin, 54540, USA
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- School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- Department of Geography, Remote Sensing Laboratories, University of Zürich, Zürich, CH-8006, Switzerland
- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Fungal community succession on decomposing leaf litter across five phylogenetically related tree species in a subtropical forest. FUNGAL DIVERS 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13225-022-00508-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Wahdan SFM, Hossen S, Tanunchai B, Sansupa C, Schädler M, Noll M, Dawoud TM, Wu YT, Buscot F, Purahong W. Life in the Wheat Litter: Effects of Future Climate on Microbiome and Function During the Early Phase of Decomposition. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2022; 84:90-105. [PMID: 34487212 PMCID: PMC9250916 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-021-01840-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Even though it is widely acknowledged that litter decomposition can be impacted by climate change, the functional roles of microbes involved in the decomposition and their answer to climate change are less understood. This study used a field experimental facility settled in Central Germany to analyze the effects of ambient vs. future climate that is expected in 50-80 years on mass loss and physicochemical parameters of wheat litter in agricultural cropland at the early phase of litter decomposition process. Additionally, the effects of climate change were assessed on microbial richness, community compositions, interactions, and their functions (production of extracellular enzymes), as well as litter physicochemical factors shaping their colonization. The initial physicochemical properties of wheat litter did not change between both climate conditions; however, future climate significantly accelerated litter mass loss as compared with ambient one. Using MiSeq Illumina sequencing, we found that future climate significantly increased fungal richness and altered fungal communities over time, while bacterial communities were more resistant in wheat residues. Changes on fungal richness and/or community composition corresponded to different physicochemical factors of litter under ambient (Ca2+, and pH) and future (C/N, N, P, K+, Ca2+, pH, and moisture) climate conditions. Moreover, highly correlative interactions between richness of bacteria and fungi were detected under future climate. Furthermore, the co-occurrence networks patterns among dominant microorganisms inhabiting wheat residues were strongly distinct between future and ambient climates. Activities of microbial β-glucosidase and N-acetylglucosaminidase in wheat litter were increased over time. Such increased enzymatic activities were coupled with a significant positive correlation between microbial (both bacteria and fungi) richness and community compositions with these two enzymatic activities only under future climate. Overall, we provide evidence that future climate significantly impacted the early phase of wheat litter decomposition through direct effects on fungal communities and through indirect effects on microbial interactions as well as corresponding enzyme production.
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- Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan
- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
- Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522 Egypt
- Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Dornburger Str. 159, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Department of Applied Sciences, Institute for Bioanalysis, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Coburg, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Community Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Institute for Bioanalysis, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Coburg, Germany
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Forestry, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Neipu, Pingtung 91201 Taiwan
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
- Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
- Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia
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Cheng J, Han Z, Cong J, Yu J, Zhou J, Zhao M, Zhang Y. Edaphic variables are better indicators of soil microbial functional structure than plant-related ones in subtropical broad-leaved forests. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 773:145630. [PMID: 33582323 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Soil microorganisms play important roles in the ecosystem functioning of subtropical broad-leaved forests (SBFs). However, the patterns and environmental indicators of soil microbial functional structure remain unclear in SBFs. In the present work, we used a functional microarray (GeoChip 4.0) to examine the soil microbial functional structure of three types of SBFs, including a deciduous broad-leaved forest (DBF), a mixed evergreen-deciduous broad-leaved forest (MBF), and an evergreen broad-leaved forest (EBF). We found that microbial functional structure was significantly different among SBFs (P < 0.05). Compared to the DBF and the EBF, the MBF had higher functional α-diversity (P = 0.001, F = 12.55) but lower β-diversity (P < 0.001, F = 61.09), and showed more complex functional gene networks. Besides, the MBF had higher relative abundances of functional genes for carbon (C) decomposition, C fixation, nitrogen (N) cycling, sulfur (S) cycling, and phosphorus (P) cycling (P < 0.05), indicating stronger microbial functional capabilities of nutrient cycling processes. Edaphic variables (i.e., soil pH and soil nutrient content) were revealed as better indicators of soil microbial functional structure than plant-related ones (i.e., vegetation type and plant diversity) in SBFs. For example, functional gene structure of the DBF was significantly related to soil total S (P = 0.041), that of the MBF was significantly related to soil organic C (P = 0.027) and plant available P (P = 0.034), and that of the EBF was significantly related to soil pH (P = 0.006) and total potassium (K) (P = 0.038). Overall, through the analysis of microbial functional gene profiles, this study yields unique insights into the environmental indicators of patterns and mechanisms of soil microbial functional structure in SBFs.
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- Jingmin Cheng
- Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Key Laboratory of Biological Conservation of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China; State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
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- College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China.
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- Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Key Laboratory of Biological Conservation of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Institute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA; Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Key Laboratory of Biological Conservation of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China; State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
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- Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Key Laboratory of Biological Conservation of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China.
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Craig H, Kennedy JP, Devlin DJ, Bardgett RD, Rowntree JK. Effects of maternal genotypic identity and genetic diversity of the red mangrove Rhizophora mangle on associated soil bacterial communities: A field-based experiment. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:13957-13967. [PMID: 33391694 PMCID: PMC7771162 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Revised: 10/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Loss of plant biodiversity can result in reduced abundance and diversity of associated species with implications for ecosystem functioning. In ecosystems low in plant species diversity, such as Neotropical mangrove forests, it is thought that genetic diversity within the dominant plant species could play an important role in shaping associated communities. Here, we used a manipulative field experiment to study the effects of maternal genotypic identity and genetic diversity of the red mangrove Rhizophora mangle on the composition and richness of associated soil bacterial communities. Using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) community fingerprinting, we found that bacterial community composition differed among R. mangle maternal genotypes but not with genetic diversity. Bacterial taxa richness, total soil nitrogen, and total soil carbon were not significantly affected by maternal genotypic identity or genetic diversity of R. mangle. Our findings show that genotype selection in reforestation projects could influence soil bacterial community composition. Further research is needed to determine what impact these bacterial community differences might have on ecosystem processes, such as carbon and nitrogen cycling.
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- Hayley Craig
- Department of Earth and Environmental SciencesThe University of ManchesterManchesterUK
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Ecology and Environment Research CentreManchester Metropolitan UniversityManchesterUK
- Smithsonian Marine StationFort PierceFLUSA
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- Department of Life SciencesTexas A&M University Corpus ChristiCorpus ChristiTXUSA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental SciencesThe University of ManchesterManchesterUK
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Ecology and Environment Research CentreManchester Metropolitan UniversityManchesterUK
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Carter DR, Albaugh TJ, Campoe OC, Grossman JJ, Rubilar RA, Sumnall M, Maier CA, Cook RL, Fox TR. Complementarity increases production in genetic mixture of loblolly pine (
Pinus taeda
L.) throughout planted range. Ecosphere 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- David R. Carter
- Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation Virginia Tech 228 Cheatham Hall Blacksburg Virginia24061USA
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- Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation Virginia Tech 228 Cheatham Hall Blacksburg Virginia24061USA
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- Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 1300 Centre Street Boston Massachusetts02131USA
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- Cooperativa de Productividad Forestal Departamento de Silvicultura Facultad de Ciencias Forestales Universidad de Concepción Victoria 631Casilla 160‐C Concepción Chile
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- Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation Virginia Tech 228 Cheatham Hall Blacksburg Virginia24061USA
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- USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station Research Triangle Park North Carolina27709USA
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- Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina27695USA
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- Rayonier Forest Research Center Yulee Florida32097USA
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Prada-Salcedo LD, Wambsganss J, Bauhus J, Buscot F, Goldmann K. Low root functional dispersion enhances functionality of plant growth by influencing bacterial activities in European forest soils. Environ Microbiol 2020; 23:1889-1906. [PMID: 32959469 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Current studies show that multispecies forests are beneficial regarding biodiversity and ecosystem functionality. However, there are only little efforts to understand the ecological mechanisms behind these advantages of multispecies forests. Bacteria are among the key plant growth-promoting microorganisms that support tree growth and fitness. Thus, we investigated links between bacterial communities, their functionality and root trait dispersion within four major European forest types comprising multispecies and monospecific plots. Bacterial diversity revealed no major changes across the root functional dispersion gradient. In contrast, predicted gene profiles linked to plant growth activities suggest an increasing bacterial functionality from monospecific to multispecies forest. In multispecies forest plots, the bacterial functionality linked to plant growth activities declined with the increasing functional dispersion of the roots. Our findings indicate that enriched abundant bacterial operational taxonomic units are decoupled from bacterial functionality. We also found direct effects of tree species identity on bacterial community composition but no significant relations with root functional dispersion. Additionally, bacterial network analyses indicated that multispecies forests have a higher complexity in their bacterial communities, which points towards more stable forest systems with greater functionality. We identified a potential of root dispersion to facilitate bacterial interactions and consequently, plant growth activities.
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- Luis Daniel Prada-Salcedo
- Department of Soil Ecology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Halle (Saale), Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4, 06120, Germany.,Department of Biology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Johannisallee 21, 04103, Germany
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- Chair of Silviculture, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Tennenbacherstr. 4, 79085, Germany.,Chair of Geobotany, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Schänzlestraße 1, 79104, Germany
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- Chair of Silviculture, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Tennenbacherstr. 4, 79085, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Halle (Saale), Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4, 06120, Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Halle (Saale), Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4, 06120, Germany
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Ma L, Luo S, Xu S, Chang C, Tian L, Zhang J, Zhou X, Shi S, Tian C. Different Effects of Wild and Cultivated Soybean on Rhizosphere Bacteria. Microbiology (Reading) 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261719060109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Ulrich DEM, Sevanto S, Peterson S, Ryan M, Dunbar J. Effects of Soil Microbes on Functional Traits of Loblolly Pine ( Pinus taeda) Seedling Families From Contrasting Climates. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 10:1643. [PMID: 31998333 PMCID: PMC6962191 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Examining factors that influence seedling establishment is essential for predicting the impacts of climate change on tree species' distributions. Seedlings originating from contrasting climates differentially express functional traits related to water and nutrient uptake and drought resistance that reflect their climate of origin and influence their responses to drought. Soil microbes may improve seedling establishment because they can enhance water and nutrient uptake and drought resistance. However, the relative influence of soil microbes on the expression of these functional traits between seedling families or populations from contrasting climates is unknown. To determine if soil microbes may differentially alter functional traits to enhance water and nutrient uptake and drought resistance between dry and wet families, seeds of loblolly pine families from the driest and wettest ends of its geographic range (dry, wet) were planted in sterilized sand (controls) or in sterilized sand inoculated with a soil microbial community (inoculated). Functional traits related to seedling establishment (germination), water and nutrient uptake and C allocation (root:shoot biomass ratio, root exudate concentration, leaf C:N, leaf N isotope composition (δ15N)), and drought resistance (turgor loss point, leaf carbon isotope composition (δ13C)) were measured. Then, plants were exposed to a drought treatment and possible shifts in photosynthetic performance were monitored using chlorophyll fluorescence. Inoculated plants exhibited significantly greater germination than controls regardless of family. The inoculation treatment significantly increased root:shoot biomass ratio in the wet family but not in the dry family, suggesting soil microbes alter functional traits that improve water and nutrient uptake more so in a family originating from a wetter climate than in a family originating from a drier climate. Microbial effects on photosynthetic performance during drought also differed between families, as photosynthetic performance of the dry inoculated group declined fastest. Regardless of treatment, the dry family exhibited a greater root:shoot biomass ratio, root exudate concentration, and leaf δ15N than the wet family. This indicates that the dry family allocated more resources belowground than the wet and the two family may have used different sources of plant available N, which may be related to their contrasting climates of origin and influence their drought resistance. Examination of variation in impacts of soil microbes on seedling physiology improves efforts to enhance seedling establishment and beneficial plant-microbe interactions under climate change.
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES-14), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, United States
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES-14), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
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- Bioscience (B-11), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
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Purahong W, Sadubsarn D, Tanunchai B, Wahdan SFM, Sansupa C, Noll M, Wu YT, Buscot F. First Insights into the Microbiome of a Mangrove Tree Reveal Significant Differences in Taxonomic and Functional Composition among Plant and Soil Compartments. Microorganisms 2019; 7:microorganisms7120585. [PMID: 31756976 PMCID: PMC6955992 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7120585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Mangrove forest trees play important ecological functions at the interface between terrestrial and marine ecosystems. However, despite playing crucial roles in plant health and productivity, there is little information on microbiomes of the tree species in mangrove ecosystems. Thus, in this study we aimed to characterize the microbiome in soil (rhizosphere) and plant (root, stem, and leaf endosphere) compartments of the widely distributed mangrove tree Rhizophora stylosa. Surprisingly, bacterial operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were only confidently detected in rhizosphere soil, while fungal OTUs were detected in all soil and plant compartments. The major detected bacterial phyla were affiliated to Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Planctomycetes, and Chloroflexi. Several nitrogen-fixing bacterial OTUs were detected, and the presence of nitrogen-fixing bacteria was confirmed by nifH gene based-PCR in all rhizosphere soil samples, indicating their involvement in N acquisition in the focal mangrove ecosystem. We detected taxonomically (54 families, 83 genera) and functionally diverse fungi in the R. stylosa mycobiome. Ascomycota (mainly Dothideomycetes, Eurotiomycetes, Sordariomycetes) were most diverse in the mycobiome, accounting for 86% of total detected fungal OTUs. We found significant differences in fungal taxonomic and functional community composition among the soil and plant compartments. We also detected significant differences in fungal OTU richness (p < 0.002) and community composition (p < 0.001) among plant compartments. The results provide the first information on the microbiome of rhizosphere soil to leaf compartments of mangrove trees and associated indications of ecological functions in mangrove ecosystems.
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Affiliation(s)
- Witoon Purahong
- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany; (D.S.); (B.T.); (S.F.M.W.); (C.S.); (F.B.)
- Correspondence: (W.P.); (Y.-T.W.)
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany; (D.S.); (B.T.); (S.F.M.W.); (C.S.); (F.B.)
- Department of Bio and Process Engineering, Faculty of Medical Life and Science, Furtwangen University, 78054 VS-Schwenningen, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany; (D.S.); (B.T.); (S.F.M.W.); (C.S.); (F.B.)
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany; (D.S.); (B.T.); (S.F.M.W.); (C.S.); (F.B.)
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, 41522 Ismailia, Egypt
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany; (D.S.); (B.T.); (S.F.M.W.); (C.S.); (F.B.)
- Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
- Graduate School, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Institute for Bioanalysis, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 96450 Coburg, Germany;
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- Department of Forestry, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (W.P.); (Y.-T.W.)
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany; (D.S.); (B.T.); (S.F.M.W.); (C.S.); (F.B.)
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Purahong W, Kahl T, Krüger D, Buscot F, Hoppe B. Home-Field Advantage in Wood Decomposition Is Mainly Mediated by Fungal Community Shifts at "Home" Versus "Away". MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2019; 78:725-736. [PMID: 30761423 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-019-01334-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
The home-field advantage (HFA) hypothesis has been used intensively to study leaf litter decomposition in various ecosystems. However, the HFA in woody substrates is still unexplored. Here, we reanalyzed and integrated existing datasets on various groups of microorganisms collected from natural deadwood of two temperate trees, Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies, from forests in which one or other of these species dominates but where both are present. Our aims were (i) to test the HFA hypothesis on wood decomposition rates of these two temperate tree species, and (ii) to investigate if HFA hypothesis can be explained by diversity and community composition of bacteria and in detail N-fixing bacteria (as determined by molecular 16S rRNA and nifH gene amplification) and fungi (as determined by molecular ITS rRNA amplification and sporocarp surveys). Our results showed that wood decomposition rates were accelerated at "home" versus "away" by 38.19% ± 20.04% (mean ± SE). We detected strong changes in fungal richness (increase 36-50%) and community composition (RANOSIM = 0.52-0.60, P < 0.05) according to HFA hypothesis. The changes of fungi were much stronger than for total bacteria and nitrogen fixing for both at richness and community composition levels. In conclusion, our results support the HFA hypothesis in deadwood: decomposition rate is accelerated at home due to specialization of fungal communities produced by the plant community above them. Furthermore, the higher richness of fungal sporocarps and nitrogen-fixing bacteria (nifH) may stimulate or at least stabilize wood decomposition rates at "home" versus "away."
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- Witoon Purahong
- UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
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- Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Chair of Silviculture, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacherstr. 4, 79085, Freiburg i. Brsg., Germany
- UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Thuringian Forest, Brunnenstr. 1, 98711, Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig, Germany
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- UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
- Julius Kühn-Institute, Institute for National and International Plant Health, Messeweg 11/12, 38104, Braunschweig, Germany.
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Montagna M, Berruti A, Bianciotto V, Cremonesi P, Giannico R, Gusmeroli F, Lumini E, Pierce S, Pizzi F, Turri F, Gandini G. Differential biodiversity responses between kingdoms (plants, fungi, bacteria and metazoa) along an Alpine succession gradient. Mol Ecol 2018; 27:3671-3685. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.14817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Revised: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Matteo Montagna
- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milan Italy
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Torino Italy
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Torino Italy
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- Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR IBBA); Lodi Italy
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- Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR IBBA); Lodi Italy
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- Fondazione Dott. Piero Fojanini di Studi Superiori; Sondrio Italy
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Torino Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milan Italy
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- Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR IBBA); Lodi Italy
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- Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR IBBA); Lodi Italy
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- Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR IBBA); Lodi Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milan Italy
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Delelegn YT, Purahong W, Blazevic A, Yitaferu B, Wubet T, Göransson H, Godbold DL. Changes in land use alter soil quality and aggregate stability in the highlands of northern Ethiopia. Sci Rep 2017; 7:13602. [PMID: 29051610 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14128-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2016] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Land use change alters biodiversity and soil quality and thus affects ecosystem functions. This study investigated the effects of changes in land use on major soil quality indicators. Soil samples were taken from a depth of 0-10 cm (top soil) under four major land uses (cropland, grassland, area exclosure, eucalyptus plantation) with similar land use change histories for analysis, and soil from a nearby natural forest was used as a reference. Land use change from natural forest to cropland and grassland significantly decreased major soil quality indicators such as soil organic C (SOC), total soil N (TSN), molybdate-reactive bicarbonate-extractable P, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) spore density, but compared to the cropland, change to area exclosure and eucalyptus plantation significantly improved SOC, TSN and soil aggregate stability (SAS). In addition, we assessed the correlation among indicators and found that SOC, TSN and SAS significantly correlate with many other soil quality indicators. The study highlights that the conversion of natural forest to cropland results in decline of soil quality and aggregate stability. However, compared to cropland, application of area exclosure and afforestation on degraded lands restores soil quality and aggregate stability.
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- Yoseph T Delelegn
- BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute of Forest Ecology, Peter-Jordan-Straße 82, 1190, Vienna, Austria.
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- UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Str.4, D-06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute of Forest Ecology, Peter-Jordan-Straße 82, 1190, Vienna, Austria
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- ARARI-Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute, P. O. Box 527, Bahar Dar, Ethiopia
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- UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Str.4, D-06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute of Forest Ecology, Peter-Jordan-Straße 82, 1190, Vienna, Austria
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- BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute of Forest Ecology, Peter-Jordan-Straße 82, 1190, Vienna, Austria
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