Unraveling the effect of environment and decomposer diversity on deadwood decomposition: lessons from a large-scale experiment
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Result on the web
<a href="https://ecologicalprocesses.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13717-025-00619-8" target="_blank" >https://ecologicalprocesses.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13717-025-00619-8</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13717-025-00619-8" target="_blank" >10.1186/s13717-025-00619-8</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Unraveling the effect of environment and decomposer diversity on deadwood decomposition: lessons from a large-scale experiment
Original language description
BackgroundThe decomposition of organic matter is among the most important ecosystem processes in forest ecosystems, regulating the carbon and nutrient cycle. However, our understanding about how direct (environment and decomposer diversity) and indirect effects (environment via decomposer diversity) contribute to deadwood decomposition is limited. We set up a large real-world deadwood experiment in a mixed mountain forest in southeastern Germany considering beech (Fagus sylvatica) and fir (Abies alba) as substrates. We simultaneously tested effects of canopy cover, amount and heterogeneity of surrounding deadwood and a broad set of fungal diversity measures mediated by environment on deadwood density loss after 10 years.ResultsDeadwood density loss was mainly explained by tree species and canopy cover. Beech showed higher density loss than fir and density loss was larger in open compared to closed canopies. Even though fungal diversity is mediated by environment, the direct effects on density loss were weak and inconsistent across tree species and fungal diversity measures.ConclusionsWe found weak support for the fungal diversity-ecosystem process relationship for deadwood decomposition. We suggest that deadwood decomposition and the resulting carbon and nutrient cycles in forest ecosystems are primarily regulated by the tree species selected through forest management and canopy disturbances, particularly in the context of climate change.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10606 - Microbiology
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Ecological Processes
ISSN
2192-1709
e-ISSN
2192-1709
Volume of the periodical
14
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
50
UT code for WoS article
001494109700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105004880825