Scots pine bait seedling performance and root colonizing ectomycorrhizal fungal community dynamics before and during the 4 years after forest clear-cut logging

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 415-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jussi Heinonsalo ◽  
Ilpo Koskiahde ◽  
Robin Sen
Keyword(s):  
Scots Pine ◽  
Fungal Community ◽  
Community Dynamics ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Integrated Monitoring ◽  
Interface Zone ◽  
Seedling Performance ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Ectomycorrhizal Diversity ◽  
Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Community

The aim of the study was an integrated monitoring of Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris L.) bait seedling performance and ectomycorrhizal fungal community dynamics in a Scots pine dominated stand one growing season before and over four seasons after forest clear-cut logging. The effects of planting location and time were assessed in relation to subsequent seedling performance and ectomycorrhizal diversity. Application of advanced regeneration, where seedlings were planted one growing season before the clear-cut event, resulted in increased seedling growth in the clear-cut area over the subsequent 4 years. However, counterparts planted in the interface zone in 1997, between the future uncut stand and the clear-cut area, exhibited poorer growth compared with those planted after clear-cut harvesting. The interface zone was generally richest in ectomycorrhizal diversity, and this was confirmed using complementary morphotyping and rDNA-based identification methods. Large numbers of ectomycorrhizal types were present on Scots pine seedling roots and instead of detecting dramatic changes in total number of types, species composition changes could be better related to changes in exploratory types of ectomycorrhizas with a trend towards less rhizomorphic types in the clear-cut treatment compared with the control forest. Changes in the community structure are presumably influenced by changing environmental conditions in the site.

scholarly journals Growth Responses of Boreal Scots Pine, Norway Spruce and Silver Birch Seedlings to Simulated Climate Warming over Three Growing Seasons in a Controlled Field Experiment

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 943
Author(s):  
Katri Nissinen ◽  
Virpi Virjamo ◽  
Antti Kilpeläinen ◽  
Veli-Pekka Ikonen ◽  
Laura Pikkarainen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Root Biomass ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Silver Birch ◽  
Shoot Biomass ◽  
Growth Responses ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
Simulated Climate ◽  
Shoot And Root Biomass

We studied the growth responses of boreal Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.) and silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) seedlings to simulated climate warming of an average of 1.3 °C over the growing season in a controlled field experiment in central Finland. We had six replicate plots for elevated and ambient temperature for each tree species. The warming treatment lasted for the conifers for three growing seasons and for the birch two growing seasons. We measured the height and diameter growth of all the seedlings weekly during the growing season. The shoot and root biomass and their ratios were measured annually in one-third of seedlings harvested from each plot in autumn. After two growing seasons, the height, diameter and shoot biomass were 45%, 19% and 41% larger in silver birch seedlings under the warming treatment, but the root biomass was clearly less affected. After three growing seasons, the height, diameter, shoot and root biomass were under a warming treatment 39, 47, 189 and 113% greater in Scots pine, but the root:shoot ratio 29% lower, respectively. The corresponding responses of Norway spruce to warming were clearly smaller (e.g., shoot biomass 46% higher under a warming treatment). As a comparison, the relative response of height growth in silver birch was after two growing seasons equal to that measured in Scots pine after three growing seasons. Based on our findings, especially silver birch seedlings, but also Scots pine seedlings benefitted from warming, which should be taken into account in forest regeneration in the future.

scholarly journals Seed mass effects on germination and growth of diverse European Scots pine populations

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.B. Reich ◽  
J. Oleksyn ◽  
M.G. Tjoelker
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Relative Growth Rate ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Seed Mass ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Turkish Population ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Mass Effects

Seedlings of 24 European Scots pine (Pinussylvestris L.) populations were grown in controlled environment chambers under simulated photoperiodic conditions of 50 and 60°N latitude to evaluate the effect of seed mass on germination and seedling growth characteristics. Seeds of each population were classified into 1-mg mass classes, and the four classes per population with the highest frequencies were used. Photoperiod had minimal influence on seed mass effects. Overall, seed mass was positively related to the number of cotyledons and hypocotyl height. Populations differed significantly in seed mass effect on biomass. In northern populations (55–61°N), dry mass at the end of the first growing season was little affected by seed mass. However, dry mass in 9 of 15 central populations (54–48°N) and all southern (<45°N) populations correlated positively with seed mass. Relative growth rate was not related to seed mass within or across populations, and thus early growth is largely determined by seed mass. Relative growth rate also did not differ among populations, except for a geographically isolated Turkish population with the highest seed mass and lowest relative growth rate. After one growing season, height was positively correlated (r2 > 0.6) with seed mass in 15 populations. To check the duration of seed mass effects, height growth of 1- to 7-year-old field experiments established with the same seed lots were compared. Seed mass effects on height were strongest for 1-year-old seedlings and declined or disappeared by the age of 5–7 years among central and southern populations, but remained stable over that time in northern populations.

scholarly journals Common garden experiments disentangle plant genetic and environmental contributions to ectomycorrhizal fungal community structure

2018 ◽  
Vol 221 (1) ◽  
pp. 493-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adair Patterson ◽  
Lluvia Flores-Rentería ◽  
Amy Whipple ◽  
Thomas Whitham ◽  
Catherine Gehring
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Fungal Community ◽  
Common Garden ◽  
Fungal Community Structure ◽  
Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Community ◽  
Common Garden Experiments

scholarly journals Synergistic community responses of plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to extreme droughts in a cold-temperate grassland

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Fu ◽  
Baodong Chen ◽  
Matthias Rillig ◽  
Wang Ma ◽  
Chong Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fungal Community ◽  
Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽  
Community Dynamics ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Environmental Filtering ◽  
Climate Extremes ◽  
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal ◽  
Am Fungi ◽  
Temperate Grassland ◽  
Community Responses

Mutualistic associations between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi may have profound influences on their response to climate changes. Existing theories evaluate the effects of interdependency and environmental filtering on plant-AM fungal community dynamics separately; however, abrupt environmental changes such as climate extremes can provoke duo-impacts on the metacommunity simultaneously. Here, we experimentally tested the relevance of plant and AM fungal community responses to extreme drought (chronic or intense) in a cold temperate grassland. Irrespective of drought intensities, plant species richness and productivity responses were significantly and positively correlated with AM fungal richness and also served as best predictors of AM fungal community shifts. Notably, the robustness of this community synergism increased with drought intensity, likely reflecting increased community interdependence. Network analysis showed a key role of Glomerales in AM fungal interaction with plants, suggesting specific plant-AM fungal pairing. Thus, community interdependence may underpin climate change impact on plant-AM fungal diversity patterns in grasslands.

Nitrate metabolism in Scots pine seedlings during their first growing season

1987 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Sarjala ◽  
R. Raitio ◽  
E.-M. Turkki
Keyword(s):  
Scots Pine ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Pine Seedlings ◽  
Nitrate Metabolism
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