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DOI 10.1007/s00248-015-0585-8
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Title (Primary) Effects of forest management practices in temperate beech forests on bacterial and fungal communities involved in leaf litter degradation
Author Purahong, W.; Kapturska, D.; Pecyna, M.J.; Jariyavidyanont, K.; Kaunzner, J.; Juncheed, K.; Uengwetwanit, T.; Rudloff, R.; Schulz, E.; Hofrichter, M.; Schloter, M.; Krüger, D.; Buscot, F.
Source Titel Microbial Ecology
Year 2015
Department BOOEK; iDiv
Volume 69
Issue 4
Page From 905
Page To 913
Language englisch
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Keywords Forest management; Fungal diversity; Bacterial diversity; Microbial community; Lignocellulose decomposition; Decomposition rates; Nutrient release
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Abstract Forest management practices (FMPs) significantly influence important ecological processes and services in Central European forests, such as leaf litter decomposition and nutrient cycling. Changes in leaf litter diversity, and thus, its quality as well as microbial community structure and function induced by different FMPs were hypothesized to be the main drivers causing shifts in decomposition rates and nutrient release in managed forests. In a litterbag experiment lasting 473 days, we aimed to investigate the effects of FMPs (even-aged timber management, selective logging and unmanaged) on bacterial and fungal communities involved in leaf litter degradation over time. Our results showed that microbial communities in leaf litter were strongly influenced by both FMPs and sampling date. The results from nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) ordination revealed distinct patterns of bacterial and fungal successions over time in leaf litter. We demonstrated that FMPs and sampling dates can influence a range of factors, including leaf litter quality, microbial macronutrients, and pH, which significantly correlate with microbial community successions.
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Purahong, W., Kapturska, D., Pecyna, M.J., Jariyavidyanont, K., Kaunzner, J., Juncheed, K., Uengwetwanit, T., Rudloff, R., Schulz, E., Hofrichter, M., Schloter, M., Krüger, D., Buscot, F. (2015):
Effects of forest management practices in temperate beech forests on bacterial and fungal communities involved in leaf litter degradation
Microb. Ecol. 69 (4), 905 - 913 10.1007/s00248-015-0585-8