Soil bacterial functional diversity is associated with the decline of Eucalyptus gomphocephala

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1047-1057

  Cai, Y F ^a,b   Barber, P ^a   Dell, B ^a   O'Brien, P ^a   Williams, N ^a   Bowen, B ^a   Hardy, G ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biolog EcoPlates ; Crown health; Epicormic index; Eucalyptus; Soil microbial functional diversity; Tree decline

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; CALCAREOUS SOILS; DRY SEASONS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EUCALYPTUS; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; HEALTH INDICES; ITACONIC ACID; LIMITED SOILS; LIVE CROWN RATIO; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRINCIPLE COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SHANNON DIVERSITY; SOIL BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL LAYER; SOIL MICROBES; SOIL MINERALS; SOIL WATER; STEPWISE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREE DECLINE; TREE HEALTH; WET SEASON;

AMINATION; AMINO ACIDS; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HEALTH; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; CALCAREOUS SOIL; CARBOHYDRATE; DRY SEASON; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST SOIL; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

AMINATION; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; HEALTH; ORGANIC ACIDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GOMPHOCEPHALA;

EID: 77955518509     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.06.029     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Abadía J., López-Millán A.F., Rombolà A., Abadía A. Organic acids and Fe deficiency: a review. Plant Soil 2002, 241:75-86.
2. Allen, D.G., Jeffery, R.C., 1990. Methods for Analysis of Phosphorus in Western Australian Soils. Report on Investigation no. 37. Chemistry Centre of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, 7 p.
3. Archibald R.D., Bowen B.J., Hardy G.E., Fox J.E.D., Ward D.J. Changes to tuart woodland in Yalgorup National Park over four decades. A Forest Conscienceness. Proceedings 6th national Conference of the Australian Forest History Society 2005, 363-372. Millpress Science Pub., Rotterdam, Netherlands. M.C. Calver, H. Bigler-Cole, G. Bolton, J. Dargavel, A. Gaynor, P. Horwitz, J. Mills, G. Wardell-Johnson (Eds.).
4. Bardgett R.D., Bowman W.D., Kaufmann R., Schmidt S.K. A temporal approach to linking aboveground and belowground ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 2005, 20:634-641.
5. Boland D.J., Brooker M.I.H., Chippendale G.M., Hall N., Hyland B.P.M., Johnson R.D., Kleinig D.A., McDonald M.W., Turner J.D. Forest Trees of Australia 2006, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia, p. 736. 5th ed.
6. Bolt G.H., Bruggenwert M.G.M. Soil Chemistry A Basic Elements 1976, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
7. Boyle S.I., Hart S.C., Kaye J.P., Waldrop M.P. Restoration and canopy type influence soil microflora in a Ponderosa Pine forest. Soil Science Society of America Journal 2005, 69:1627-1638.
8. Bureau of Meterology Climate Statistics for Australian Locations http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_009572.shtml.
9. Caccetta P.A., Allen A., Watson I. The land monitor project. Proceedings of the 10th Australasian remote sensing and photogrammetry conference 2000, 97-107. http://www.cmis.csiro.au/rsm/research/pdf/CaccettaP_lmpaper2000.pdf.
10. Coops N.C., Stone C. A comparison of field-based and modelled reflectance spectra from damaged Pinus radiata foliage. Australian Journal of Botany 2005, 53:417-429.
11. Coops N.C., Stone C., Culvenor D.S., Chisholm L. Plant and environment interactions. Assessment of crown condition in eucalypt vegetation by remotely sensed optical indices. Journal of Environmental Quality 2004, 33:956-964.
12. Derry A.M., Staddon W.J., Kevan P.G., Trevors J.T. Functional diversity and community structure of micro-organisms in three arctic soils as determined by sole-carbon-source-utilization. Biodiversity and Conservation 1999, 8:205-221.
13. Edwards, T.A., 2004. Environmental correlates and associations of tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala DC.) decline. Masters of Science thesis, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia.
14. Fuller M.E., Scow K.M., Lau S., Ferris H. Trichloroethylene (TCE) and toluene effects on the structure and function of the soil community. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1997, 29:75-89.
15. Gallego F.J., de Algaba A.P., Fernandez-Escobar R. Etiology of oak decline in Spain. European Journal of Forest Pathology 1999, 29:17-27.
16. Garland J.L., Mills A.L. Classification and characterization of heterotrophic bacterial communities on the basis of patterns of community-level sole-carbon-source utilization. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1991, 57:2351-2359.
17. Gomez E., Ferreras L., Toresani S. Soil bacterial functional diversity as influenced by organic amendment application. Bioresource Technology 2006, 97:1484-1489.
18. Grayston S.J., Campbell C.D. Functional biodiversity of bacterial communities in the rhizospheres of hybrid larch (Larix eurolepis) and Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis). Tree Physiology 1996, 16:1031-1038.
19. Grayston S.J., Prescott C.E. Bacterial communities in forest floors under four tree species in coastal British Columbia. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2005, 37:1157-1167.
20. Heddle E.M., Loneragan O.W., Havel J.J. Vegetation complexes of the darling system. Atlas of Natural Resources: Darling System, Western Australia 1980, Department of Conservation and Environment, Perth Australia, pp. 33-74.
21. Hunter M.D., Watt A.D., Docherty M. Outbreaks of the winter moth on Sitka Spruce in Scotland are not influenced by nutrient deficiencies of trees, tree budburst, or pupal predation. Oecologia 1991, 86:62-69.
22. Innes J.L., Landmann G., Mettendorf B. Consistency of observations of forest tree defoliation in three European countries. Environ Monitoring and Assessment 1993, 25:29-40.
23. Innes J.L. The impact of climatic extremes on forests: an introduction. The Impacts of Climatic Variability on Forests 1998, 1-18. Springer, Berlin, Germany. M. Beniston, J.L. Innes (Eds.).
24. Jones D.L. Organic acids in the rhizosphere: a critical review. Plant and Soil 1998, 205:25-44.
25. Jurkis V. Eucalypt decline in Australia, and a general concept of tree decline and dieback. Forest Ecology and Management 2005, 215:1-20.
26. Kile G.A., Turnbull C.R.A., Podger F.D. Effect of 'regrowth dieback' on some properties of Eucalyptus obliqua trees. Australian Forest Research 1981, 11:55-62.
27. Kohler F., Hamelin J., Gillet F., Gobat J.M., Buttler A. Soil bacterial community changes in wooded mountain pastures due to simulated effects of cattle grazing. Plant Soil 2005, 278:327-340.
28. Kowalski T. Oak decline I. Fungi associated with various disease symptoms on overground portions of middle-aged and old oak (Quercus robur L.). European Journal of Forest Pathology 1991, 21:218-233.
29. Lambers H., Chapin F.S., Pons T.L. Plant Physiological Ecology 1998, Springer-Verlag, New York, USA, pp. 105-204.
30. Leckie D.G., Yuan X.P., Ostaff D.P., Piene H., Maclean D.A. Analysis of high-resolution multispectral Meis imagery for spruce budworm damage assessment on a single tree basis. Remote Sensing of Environment 1992, 40:125-136.
31. Li Q., Lee Allen H., Wollum A.G. Bacterial biomass and bacterial functional diversity in forest soils: effects of organic matter removal, compaction, and vegetation control. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2004, 36:571-579.
32. Livia B., Frank B. Soil microbiological and biochemical properties affected by plant growth and different long-term fertilisation. European Journal of Soil Biology 2006, 42,:1-12.
33. Lundquist E.J., Scow K.M., Jackson L.E., Uesugi S.L., Johnson C.R. Rapid response of soil bacterial communities from conventional, low input, and organic farming systems to a wet/dry cycle. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1999, 31:1661-1675.
34. McArthur W.M., Bartle G.A. Soils and land use planning in the Mandurah-Bunbury coastal zone, Western Australia. CSIRO Land Resources Management Series No. 6 1980, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia, p. 14.
35. Myers R.T., Zak D.R., White D.C., Peacock A. Landscape-level patterns of bacterial community composition and substrate use in upland forest ecosystems. Soil Science Society of America Journal 2001, 65:359-367.
36. Nechwatal J., Osswald W. Comparative studies on the fine root status of healthy and declining spruce and beech trees in the Bavarian Alps and occurrence of Phytophthora and Pythium species. Forest Pathology 2001, 31:257-273.
37. Nelson D.R., Mele P.M. Subtle changes in rhizosphere bacterial community structure in response to increased boron and sodium chloride concentrations. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2007, 39:340-351.
38. Portlock C., Koch A., Wood S., Hanly P., Dutton S. Yalgorup National Park Management Plan 1995-2005 1993, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth, Australia, p. 101.
39. Rayment G.E., Higginson F.R. Australian Laboratory Handbook of Soil and Water Chemical Methods 1992, Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia, p. 330.
40. Redfern D.B., Boswell R.C. Assessment of crown condition in forest trees: comparison of methods, sources of variation and observer bias. Forest Ecology and Management 2004, 188:149-160.
41. Scott P.M., Burgess T.I., Barber P.A., Shearer B.L., Stukely M.J.C., Hardy G.E.St.J., Jung T. Phytophthora multivora sp. nov., a new species recovered from declining Eucalyptus, Banksia Agonis and other plant species in Western Australia. Persoonia 2009, 22:1-13.
42. Searle P.L. The Berthelot or indophenol reaction and its use in the analytical chemistry of nitrogen. Analyst 1984, 109:549-568.
43. Staddon W.J., Trevors J.T., Duchesne L.C., Colombo C.A. Soil bacterial diversity and community structure across a climatic gradient in western Canada. Biodiversity and Conservation 1998, 7:1081-1092.
44. Stone C., Haywood A. Assessing canopy health of native eucalypt forests. Ecological Management and Restoration 2006, 71:24-30.
45. Thomas F.M., Blank R., Hartmann G. Abiotic and biotic factors and their interactions as causes of oak decline in Central Europe. Forest Pathology 2002, 32:277-307.
46. Tuart Response Group Status Report Tuart Conservation and Protection 2002, Government of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, p. 45.
47. van der Heijden M.G.A., Bardgett R.D., van Straalen N.M. The unseen majority: soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems. Ecological Letters 2008, 11:296-310.
48. Walkley A., Black I.A. An examination of the Degtjareff method for determining soil organic matter and a proposed modification of the chromic acid titration method. Soil Science 1934, 37:29-38.
49. Williamson W.M., Wardle D.A. The soil bacterial community response when plants are subjected to water stress and defoliation disturbance. Applied Soil Ecology 2007, 37:139-149.
50. Zak J.C., Willig M.R., Moorhead D.L., Wildman H.G. Functional diversity of bacterial communities: a quantitative approach. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1994, 26:1101-1108.