Tree species identity alters decomposition of understory litter and associated microbial communities: a case study

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61388971:_____/19:00505857 RIV/00216208:11310/19:10395491 RIV/60076658:12310/19:43899616

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00374-019-01360-z" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00374-019-01360-z</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00374-019-01360-z" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00374-019-01360-z</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Tree species identity alters decomposition of understory litter and associated microbial communities: a case study

Original language description

Investigations on how tree species modify decomposition of understory litter have rarely been conducted, although potentially having impacts on soil carbon stocks and stability. The aim of our study was to disentangle the effects different tree species (alder, spruce, oak, and willow) exert on litter decomposition by comparing decomposition patterns and microbial measures (phospholipid fatty acids and microbial DNA) of both tree and understory (Calamagrostis epigejos) litter exposed at the respective tree species stands of a common garden experiment. An initially uniform mass loss of understory litter exposed at the stands suggests that inherent litter quality (assessed by C:N ratios and lignin content) was the major driver in early decomposition. However, in later stages of our experiment, decomposition of understory litter began to differ among the stands, suggesting a delayed tree species effect. Here, differences in microbial community composition caused by tree species identity (e.g., through varying N supply or phenolics leached from low-quality litter) were likely the major determinants affecting the decomposition of understory litter. However, in these advanced decomposition stages, tree species identity only partly altered microbial communities associated with understory litter. These results indicate that the development of microbial communities on understory litter (and its decay) is likely a combined result of inherent chemical composition and tree species identity.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40104 - Soil science

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Biology and Fertility of Soils

ISSN

0178-2762

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

55

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

525-538

UT code for WoS article

000470980600008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85064805780