Drivers of deadwood decay of 13 temperate tree species are similar between forest and grassland habitats
Deadwood provides an important carbon source in forests and wooded ecosystems and, accordingly, forest management strategies discuss the enrichment of deadwood amount and diversity by different tree species. To investigate the decomposition processes of enriched deadwood, we simultaneously placed 3,...
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| author | Lydia Kipping Lydia Kipping Lydia Kipping Florian Maurer Martin M. Gossner Martin M. Gossner Sarah Muszynski Tiemo Kahl Harald Kellner Wolfgang W. Weiser Nico Jehmlich Matthias Noll Matthias Noll |
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| description | Deadwood provides an important carbon source in forests and wooded ecosystems and, accordingly, forest management strategies discuss the enrichment of deadwood amount and diversity by different tree species. To investigate the decomposition processes of enriched deadwood, we simultaneously placed 3,669 size-standardized and gamma sterilized wood specimens of 13 tree species (Populus tremula, Tilia cordata, Prunus avium, Betula pendula, Carpinus betulus, Fraxinus excelsior, Quercus robur, Fagus sylvatica, Acer platanoides, Larix decidua, Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies, and Pseudotsuga menziesii) at a total of 300 forest and grassland plots in three regions in Germany covering large gradients of management intensity and environmental conditions. After 1 year, mass loss was calculated and its relationship with wood traits and environmental conditions was assessed to determine the most important factors. Mass loss was overall higher in forest compared to grassland habitats, with wood traits as the most important driver, followed by region and environmental factors related to microclimate. However, management intensity was less relevant to explain the mass loss in both habitats. Our results suggest that decomposition of enriched deadwood, even after removal of endophytes, is influenced by the same drivers (positively by moisture and abundance of macronutrients, negatively by lignin and phenol concentration) as naturally occurring wood. Furthermore, due to the immense and standardized experimental setting, our study contributes to a better understanding of the important drivers of mass loss in different tree species and thus provides the basis for predictions of the carbon cycle in a changing world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b3417c3cb4f648749cacf55127f8f18c2022-12-22T03:47:58ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Forests and Global Change2624-893X2022-12-01510.3389/ffgc.2022.10207371020737Drivers of deadwood decay of 13 temperate tree species are similar between forest and grassland habitatsLydia Kipping0Lydia Kipping1Lydia Kipping2Florian Maurer3Martin M. Gossner4Martin M. Gossner5Sarah Muszynski6Tiemo Kahl7Harald Kellner8Wolfgang W. Weiser9Nico Jehmlich10Matthias Noll11Matthias Noll12Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ GmbH, Leipzig, GermanyInstitute for Bioanalysis, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Coburg, GermanyBayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, GermanyInstitute for Bioanalysis, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Coburg, GermanyForest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, SwitzerlandDepartment of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zurich, SwitzerlandInstitute for Bioanalysis, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Coburg, GermanyUNESCO Biosphere Reserve Thuringian Forest, Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig, GermanyDepartment of Bio- and Environmental Sciences, International Institute Zittau, Technical University of Dresden, Zittau, GermanyDepartment of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technical University of Munich, Freising, GermanyDepartment of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ GmbH, Leipzig, GermanyInstitute for Bioanalysis, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Coburg, GermanyBayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, GermanyDeadwood provides an important carbon source in forests and wooded ecosystems and, accordingly, forest management strategies discuss the enrichment of deadwood amount and diversity by different tree species. To investigate the decomposition processes of enriched deadwood, we simultaneously placed 3,669 size-standardized and gamma sterilized wood specimens of 13 tree species (Populus tremula, Tilia cordata, Prunus avium, Betula pendula, Carpinus betulus, Fraxinus excelsior, Quercus robur, Fagus sylvatica, Acer platanoides, Larix decidua, Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies, and Pseudotsuga menziesii) at a total of 300 forest and grassland plots in three regions in Germany covering large gradients of management intensity and environmental conditions. After 1 year, mass loss was calculated and its relationship with wood traits and environmental conditions was assessed to determine the most important factors. Mass loss was overall higher in forest compared to grassland habitats, with wood traits as the most important driver, followed by region and environmental factors related to microclimate. However, management intensity was less relevant to explain the mass loss in both habitats. Our results suggest that decomposition of enriched deadwood, even after removal of endophytes, is influenced by the same drivers (positively by moisture and abundance of macronutrients, negatively by lignin and phenol concentration) as naturally occurring wood. Furthermore, due to the immense and standardized experimental setting, our study contributes to a better understanding of the important drivers of mass loss in different tree species and thus provides the basis for predictions of the carbon cycle in a changing world.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2022.1020737/fulldeadwood decompositionmass lossforest and grassland habitatsmanagement intensitiesregionwood traits |
| spellingShingle | Lydia Kipping Lydia Kipping Lydia Kipping Florian Maurer Martin M. Gossner Martin M. Gossner Sarah Muszynski Tiemo Kahl Harald Kellner Wolfgang W. Weiser Nico Jehmlich Matthias Noll Matthias Noll Drivers of deadwood decay of 13 temperate tree species are similar between forest and grassland habitats Frontiers in Forests and Global Change deadwood decomposition mass loss forest and grassland habitats management intensities region wood traits |
| title | Drivers of deadwood decay of 13 temperate tree species are similar between forest and grassland habitats |
| title_full | Drivers of deadwood decay of 13 temperate tree species are similar between forest and grassland habitats |
| title_fullStr | Drivers of deadwood decay of 13 temperate tree species are similar between forest and grassland habitats |
| title_full_unstemmed | Drivers of deadwood decay of 13 temperate tree species are similar between forest and grassland habitats |
| title_short | Drivers of deadwood decay of 13 temperate tree species are similar between forest and grassland habitats |
| title_sort | drivers of deadwood decay of 13 temperate tree species are similar between forest and grassland habitats |
| topic | deadwood decomposition mass loss forest and grassland habitats management intensities region wood traits |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2022.1020737/full |
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