Cottonwood hybridization effects tannin and nitrogen content of leaf litter and alters decomposition

Oecologia

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-107

  Driebe, E M ^a   Whitham, T G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensed tannins; Decomposition; Hybridization; Litter quality; Populus

Indexed keywords

BACKCROSSING; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; LEAF LITTER; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NITROGEN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANNIN; UNITED STATES;

DECOMPOSITION; HYBRIDIZATION; LEAF LITTER; NITROGEN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; TANNIN;

EMBRYOPHYTA; POPULUS; POPULUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; POPULUS FREMONTII; RIPARIA;

EID: 0034009209     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050994     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Bärlocher F (1992) The ecology of aquatic hyphomycetes. In: Bärlocher F (ed) Community organization. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 38-76
2. Berg B, Ekbohm G (1983) Nitrogen immobilization in decomposing needle litter at variable carbon:nitrogen ratios. Ecology 64: 63-67
3. Boulton AJ, Boon PI (1991) A review of methodology used to measure leaf litter decomposition in lotie environments: time to turn over an old leaf? Aust J Mar Freshwater Res 42:1-43
4. Campbell IC, Fuchshuber L (1995) Polyphenols, condensed tannins, and processing rates of tropical and temperate leaves in an Australian stream. J North Am Benthol Soc 14:174-182
5. Chamier AC, Dixon PA, Archer SA (1984) The spatial distribution of fungi on decomposing alder leaves in a freshwater stream. Oecologia 64:92-103
6. Cummins KW, Wilzbach MA, Gates DM, Perry JB, Taliaferro WB (1989) Shredders and riparian vegetation - leaf litter that falls into streams influences communities of stream invertebrates. BioScience 39:24-30
7. Dickson LL, Whitham TG (1996) Genetically-based plant resistance traits affect arthropods, fungi and birds. Oecologia 106: 400-406
8. Eckenwalder JE (1984) Natural intersectional hybridization between North American species of Populus (Salicaceae) in sections Aigeiros and Tacamahaca. II. Taxonomy. Can J Bot 62: 325-335
9. Ellstrand NC, Whitkus R, Rieseberg LH (1996) Distribution of spontaneous plant hybrids. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93: 5090-5093
10. Findlay SG, Arsuffi TL (1989) Microbial growth and detritus transformations during decomposition of leaf litter in a stream. Freshwater Biol 21:261-269
11. Findlay SG, Carreiro M, Krischik V, Jones CG (1996) Effects of damage to living plants on leaf litter quality. Ecol Appl 6: 269-275
12. Fisher SG, Likens GE (1973) Energy flow in Bear Brook, New Hampshire: an integrative approach to stream ecosystem metabolism. Ecol Monogr 43:421-439
13. Floate KD, Whitham TG (1995) Insects as traits in plant systematics: their use in discriminating between hybrid cottonwoods. Can J Bot 73:1-13
14. Floate KD, Martinsen GD, Whitham TG (1997) Cottonwood hybrid zones as centres of abundance for gall aphids in western North America: importance of relative habitat size. J Anim Ecol 66:179-188
15. Fritz RS, Nichols-Orians CM, Brunsfeld SJ (1994) Interspecific hybridization of plants and resistance to herbivores: hypotheses, genetics, and variable responses in a diverse herbivore community. Oecologia 97:106-117
16. Gessner MO, Chauvet E (1994) Importance of stream microfungi in controlling breakdown rates of leaf litter. Ecology 75: 1807-1817
17. Golladay SW, Webster JR, Benfield EF (1983) Factors affecting food utilization by a leaf shredding aquatic insect: leaf species and conditioning time. Holarctic Ecol 6:157-162
18. Grant V (1971) Plant speciation. Columbia University Press, New York
19. Greathead SK (1961) Some aquatic hyphomycetes in South Africa. J S Afr Bot 27:195-228
20. Harrison AF (1971) The inhibitory effect of oak leaf litter tannins on the growth of fungi in relation to litter decomposition. Soil Biol Biochem 3:167-172
21. Hart SC, Firestone MK, Paul EA (1992) Decomposition and nutrient dynamics of ponderosa pine needles in a Mediterranean-type climate. Can J For Res 22:306-314
22. Ingold CT (1942) Aquatic hyphomycetes of decaying alder leaves. Trans Br Mycol Soc 25:339-417
23. Irons JG III, Oswood MW, Bryant JP (1988) Consumption of leaf detritus by a stream shredder: influence of tree species and nutrient status. Hydrobiologia 160:53-61
24. Isaac RA, Johnson WC (1976) Determination of total nitrogen in plant tissue, using a block digestor. J AOAC 59:98-100
25. Kaushik NK, Hynes HBN (1971) The fate of the dead leaves that fall into streams. Arch Hydrobiol 68:465-515
26. Keim P, Paige KN, Whitham TG, Lark KG (1989) Genetic analysis of an interspecific hybrid swarm of Populus: occurrence of unidirectional introgression. Genetics 123:557-565
27. Leff GF, McArthur JV (1989) The effect of leaf pack composition on processing: a comparison of mixed and single species packs. Hydrobiologia 182:219-224
28. Mellilo JM, Aber JD, Muratore JF (1982) Nitrogen and lignin control of hardwood leaf litter decomposition dynamics. Ecology 63:621-626
29. Noss RF, LaRoe ET III, Scott JM (1995) Endangered ecosystems of the United States: a preliminary assessment of loss and degradation. Biological Report 28, United States Department of the Interior, National Biological Service, Washington, DC
30. Orians CM, Fritz RS (1995) Secondary chemistry of hybrid and parental willows: phenolic glycosides and condensed tannins in Salix sericea, S. eriocephala, and their hybrids. J Chem Ecol 21:1245-1253
31. Petersen RC, Cummins KW (1974) Leaf processing in a woodland stream. Freshwater Biol 4:343-368
32. Porter LJ, Hrstich LN, Chan BC (1986) The conversion of procyanidins and prodelphinidins to cyanidin and delphinidin. Phytochemistry 25:223-230
33. Rieseberg LH, Ellstrand NC (1993) What can molecular and morphological markers tell us about plant hybridization? Crit Rev Plant Sci 12:213-241
34. Rieseberg LH, Sinervo B, Linder CR, Ungerer MC, Arias DM (1996) Role of gene interactions in hybrid speciation: evidence from ancient and experimental hybrids. Science 272: 741-745
35. Stace CA (1987) Hybridization and the plant species. In: Urbanska KM (ed) Differentiation patterns in higher plants. Academic-Press, New York, pp 115-127
36. Stebbins GL (1959) The role of hybridization in evolution. Proc Am Phil Soc 103:231-251
37. Stettler RF, Bradshaw HD Jr, Heilman PE, Hinckley TM (1996) Biology of Populus and its implications for management and conservation. NRC Research Press, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa
38. Stout RJ (1989) Effects of condensed tannins on leaf processing in mid-latitude and tropical streams: a theoretical approach. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 46:1097-1106
39. Strauss SY (1994) Levels of herbivory and parasitism in host hybrid zones. Trends Ecol Evol 9:209-214
40. Suberkropp K, Klug MJ (1976) Fungi and bacteria associated with leaves during processing in a woodland stream. Ecology 57: 707-719
41. Suberkropp K, Godshalk GL, Klug MJ (1976) Changes in the chemical composition of leaves during processing in a woodland stream. Ecology 57:720-727
42. Taylor BR, Parkinson D, Parsons WFJ (1989) Nitrogen and lignin content as predictors of litter decay rates: a microcosm test. Ecology 70:97-104
43. Triska FJ (1970) Seasonal distribution of aquatic hyphomycetes in relation to the disappearance of leaf litter from a woodland stream. PhD thesis, University of Pittsburg
44. Vitousek PM (1982) Nutrient cycling and nutrient use efficiency. Am Nat 119:553-572
45. Wallace JB, Eggert SL, Meyer JL, Webster JR (1997) Multiple trophic levels of a forest stream linked to terrestrial litter inputs. Science 277:102-104
46. Waltz AM, Whitham TG (1997) Plant development affects arthropod communities: opposing impacts of species removal. Ecology 78:2133-2144
47. Webster JR, Benfield EF (1986) Vascular plant breakdown in freshwater ecosystems. Annu Rev Ecol Syst 17:567-594
48. Whitham TG (1989) Plant hybrid zones as sinks for pests. Science 244:1490-1493
49. Whitham TG, Morrow PA, Potts BM (1994) Plant hybrid zones as centers of biodiversity: the herbivore community of two endernic Tasmanian eucalypts. Oecologia 97:481-490
50. Whitham TG, Martinsen GD, Floate KD, Dungey HS, Potts BM, Keim P (1999) Plant hybrid zones affect biodiversity: tools for a genetic-based understanding of community structure. Ecology 80:416-428