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Changes within a single land-use category alter microbial diversity and community structure: Molecular evidence from wood-inhabiting fungi in forest ecosystems.
J. Environ. Manage. 139, 109-119 (2014)
The impact of changes within a single land-use category or land-use intensity on microbial communities is poorly understood, especially with respect to fungi. Here we assessed how forest management regimes and a change in forest type affect the richness and community structure of wood-inhabiting fungi across Germany. We used molecular methods based on the length polymorphism of the internal transcribed spacers and the 5.8S rRNA gene to assess fungal operational taxonomic units (OTUs). A cloning/sequencing approach was used to identify taxonomic affinities of the fungal OTUs. Overall, 20–24% and 25–27% of native fungal OTUs from forest reserves and semi-natural forests became undetectable or were lost in managed and converted forests, respectively. Fungal richness was significantly reduced during a regeneration phase in age-class beech forests with a high level of wood extraction (P = 0.017), whereas fungal community structures were not significantly affected. Conversion of forests from native, deciduous to coniferous species caused significant changes in the fungal community structure (R = 0.64–0.66, P = 0.0001) and could reduce fungal richness (P < 0.05) which may depend on which coniferous species was introduced. Our results showed that Ascocoryne cylichnium, Armillaria sp., Exophiala moniliae, Hyphodontia subalutacea and Fomes fomentarius, all known for wood-decaying abilities were strongly reduced in their abundances when forests were converted from beech to coniferous. We conclude that changes within a single land-use category can be regarded as a major threat to fungal diversity in temperate forest ecosystems.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Biodiversity; Fungal diversity; Land-use; Changes within land-use category; Forest management; Forest conversion; Intergenic Spacer Analysis; Bacterial Communities; Biodiversity; Management; History; Decomposition; Conservation; Intensity; Identification; Assemblages
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0301-4797
e-ISSN
1095-8630
Quellenangaben
Volume: 139,
Pages: 109-119
Publisher
Elsevier
Publishing Place
London
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Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Research Unit Comparative Microbiome Analysis (COMI)