Forest conversion from Norway spruce to European beech increases species richness and functional structure of aboveground macrofungal communities

Heine, Peggy; Hausen, Jonas; Ottermanns, Richard; Roß-Nickoll, Martina

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2018.09.012

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“…Similar to parasitic wood-inhabiting fungi, endophytes were linked strongly to high beech proportion. This is consistent with the results of Unterseher and Schnittler (2010) and Sieber (2007) who mentioned beech as one of the most species rich host for endophytes and other wood saprotrophs (Heine et al 2019) in Central European forests. Here, beech plays a similar role in the ŐNP significantly forming the species richness of several subsets.…”

Section: Drivers Of Macrofungal Functional Groups and Guildssupporting

confidence: 93%

“…Wood-inhabiting fungi are substrate-restricted organisms ; thus, their high dependence on available dead wood is obvious and was repeatedly reported by many authors: Heilmann-Clausen et al 2014, Stokland et al (2012), and Kirk and Cowling (1984). The strong effect of beech in our study on wood-inhabiting fungi can be explained by both the quick production of large dead wood volumes in the fast-growing beech stands (Heine et al 2019) and the relatively high cellulose content of beech wood (Schwarze and Baum 2000). Beech forests were mentioned among the richest habitats in wood saprotrophs (Küffer and Senn-Irlet 2005); and according to Heine et al (2019), beech specifically promotes the diversity and species richness of wood-inhabiting fungi in Europe.…”

Section: Drivers Of Macrofungal Functional Groups and Guildssupporting

confidence: 82%

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Revealing hidden drivers of macrofungal species richness by analyzing fungal guilds in temperate forests, West Hungary

Kutszegi

Siller²,

Dima

et al. 2020

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

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We explored the most influential stand-scaled drivers of ectomycorrhizal, terricolous saprotrophic, and wood-inhabiting (main functional groups) macrofungal species richness in mixed forests by applying regression models. We tested 67 potential explanatory variables representing tree species composition, stand structure, soil and litter conditions, microclimate, landscape structure, and management history. Within the main functional groups, we formed and modeled guilds and used their drivers to more objectively interpret the drivers of the main functional groups. Terricolous saprotrophic fungi were supported by air humidity and litter mass. Ectomycorrhizal fungi were suppressed by high soil nitrogen content and high air temperature. Wood saprotrophs were enhanced by litter pH (deciduous habitats), deadwood cover, and beech proportion. Wood saprotrophic guilds were determined often by drivers with hidden effects on all wood saprotrophs: non-parasites: total deadwood cover; parasites: beech proportion; white rotters: litter pH; brown rotters: air temperature (negatively); endophytes: beech proportion; early ruderals: deciduous stands that were formerly meadows; combative invaders: deciduous tree taxa; heart rotters: coarse woody debris; late stage specialists: deciduous deadwood. Terricolous saprotrophic cord formers positively responded to litter mass. Studying the drivers of guilds simultaneously, beech was a keystone species to maintain fungal diversity in the region, and coniferous stands would be more diverse by introducing deciduous tree species. Guilds were determined by drivers different from each other underlining their different functional roles and segregated substrate preferences. Modeling guilds of fungal species with concordant response to the environment would be powerful to explore and understand the functioning of fungal communities.

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Section: Drivers Of Macrofungal Functional Groups and Guildssupporting

confidence: 93%

Section: Drivers Of Macrofungal Functional Groups and Guildssupporting

confidence: 82%

Revealing hidden drivers of macrofungal species richness by analyzing fungal guilds in temperate forests, West Hungary

Kutszegi

Siller²,

Dima

et al. 2020

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

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“…A decline in species richness of macrofungi in canopy gaps (due to logging or windthrow), at least until the canopy is closed again, was reported in various studies (e.g., Bader et al, 1995;Grebenc et al, 2009;Heine et al, 2019), and subsequent shifts in fungal communities in the soil were observed by Kyaschenko et al (2017). However, the event of tree cutting and the annual cutting of shrubs and young trees produces a considerable amount of dead wood.…”

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Habitat enhancements for reptiles in a beech forest may increase fungal species richness

Felten¹,

Berney²,

Erb³

et al. 2020

Biodivers Conserv

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The success of habitat enhancements is typically assessed by subsequent monitoring of the focal taxonomic group. However, enhancement actions are likely to affect other, non-targeted species. On a south-facing slope in the Swiss Jura mountains, a mixed-forest stand was thinned out by irregular removal cuttings to improve the habitat conditions for reptiles. We used this enhancement action as a case study to monitor changes in the macrofungal community that came along with it. During 3 years before and after forest thinning, the site was visited between six and twelve times per year. Thereby, all apparent fungal species were recorded along a ringlike transect, split into 32 transect sections. We used site-occupancy models to estimate fungal species richness and abundance. These models allow to separately estimate occurrence probability and detection probability of species, and to account for differences in detection probability, depending on habitat and season. After the forest thinning, the occurrence probabilities of ectomycorrhizal and saprobic fungi were significantly higher than before. As a result, we estimated a mean increase in overall species richness by 4.4% (median 4.3%, CI 2.1-6.8%) and an increase in abundance by 20.0% (median 19.9%, CI 14.8-25.7%). The two major habitat changes associated with forest thinning, the decrease in living wood and the increase in dead wood on most transect sections, could not explain the whole extent of the estimated increase in species richness and abundance. We believe that forest thinning may have fostered fungal species richness by creating a larger density and diversity of suitable microhabitats. With some caution, we conclude that the small-scale habitat enhancement for reptiles at the Bolberg, creating islands of open forest, did not negatively affect species richness and abundance of macrofungi, a non-targeted species group.

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“…of each site were determined with a GPS navigator (Garmin eTrex Legend® HCx). An overview about the sampling locations can be found in the related research article [1].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition to the results of 75 macrofungal field surveys, this data article includes information about site characteristics, vegetation structure, and observation frequencies. A multivariate statistic and myco-ecological interpretation of the macrofungal dataset is presented in an associated research article entitled “Forest conversion from Norway spruce to European beech increases species richness and functional structure of aboveground macrofungal communities” (Heine et al, 2019) [1].…”

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Morphological dataset of aboveground macrofungal communities within different forest conversion stages in the Eifel National Park in Germany

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This dataset includes 235 aboveground macrofungal species observed at 15 sampling sites, which are associated with five different forest conversion stages. We used a space-for-time substitution approach to represent a forest conversion from Norway spruce (Picea abies) to European beech (Fagus sylvatica) through three different, widely used management practices. In addition to the results of 75 macrofungal field surveys, this data article includes information about site characteristics, vegetation structure, and observation frequencies. A multivariate statistic and myco-ecological interpretation of the macrofungal dataset is presented in an associated research article entitled “Forest conversion from Norway spruce to European beech increases species richness and functional structure of aboveground macrofungal communities” (Heine et al., 2019) [1].

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Forest conversion from Norway spruce to European beech increases species richness and functional structure of aboveground macrofungal communities

Cited by 22 publications

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Revealing hidden drivers of macrofungal species richness by analyzing fungal guilds in temperate forests, West Hungary

Revealing hidden drivers of macrofungal species richness by analyzing fungal guilds in temperate forests, West Hungary

Habitat enhancements for reptiles in a beech forest may increase fungal species richness

Morphological dataset of aboveground macrofungal communities within different forest conversion stages in the Eifel National Park in Germany

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