The ecology and diversity of wood-inhabiting macrofungi in a native Eucalyptus obliqua forest of southern Tasmania, Australia

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-67

  Gates, Genevieve M ^a   Mohammed, Caroline ^a   Wardlaw, Tim ^b   Ratkowsky, David A ^a   Davidson, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Eucalyptus; Indicator species; Tasmania; Wildfire; Wood inhabiting macrofungi

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 78650229601     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

References (77)

1. Amaranthus M.P., Parrish D.S., Perry D.A. Decaying logs as moisture reservoirs after drought and wildfire. A Conference on the Stewardship of Soil, Air and Water Resources: Proceedings of Watershed '89, Juneau, Alaska 1989, 191-194. Region 10, USDA Forest Service, Juneau, AK, USA. E.B. Alexander (Ed.).
2. Andersen H., Ryvarden L. Wood inhabiting fungi on Populus tremula. Windhalia 1999, 24:37-48.
3. Anderson M.J., Gorley R.N., Clarke K.R. PERMANOVA+ for PRIMER: Guide to Software and Statistical Methods 2008, The University of Auckland, Department of Statistics, Auckland, PRIMER-E Ltd, Plymouth.
4. Araya K. Relationship between the decay types of dead wood and occurrence of Lucanid beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 1993, 28:27-33.
5. Bader P., Jansson S., Jonsson B.G. Wood-inhabiting fungi and substratum decline in selectively logged boreal spruce forests. Biological Conservation 1995, 72:355-362.
6. Boddy L., Heilmann-Clausen J. Basidiomycete community development in temperate angiosperm wood. Ecology of Saprotrophic Basidiomycetes 2008, 211-237. Elsevier, London. L. Boddy, J.C. Frankland, P. Van West (Eds.).
7. Bray J.R., Curtis J.T. An ordination of the upland forest communities of southern Wisconsin. Ecological Monographs 1957, 27:325-349.
8. Buchanan A.M. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania & Index to the Student's Flora of Tasmania (accessed 06.02.10). http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/file.aspx%3Fid%3D4439.
9. Christensen M., Heilmann-Clausen J., Walleyn R., Adamcik S. Wood-inhabiting fungi as indicators of nature value in European beech forests. Monitoring and Indicators of Forest Biodiversity in Europe - from Ideas to Operationality 2004, 526. EFI Proceedings No. 51, European Forest Institute, Joensuu, Finland. M. Marchetti (Ed.).
10. Clarke K.R., Gorley R.N. PRIMER v6: User Manual/Tutorial 2006, PRIMER-E Ltd, Plymouth.
11. Colwell R.K. EstimateS: Statistical Estimation of Species Richness and Shared Species from Samples Version 7.5 (accessed 06.02.10). http://purl.oclc.org/estimates.
12. Colwell R.K., Mao C.X., Chang J. Interpolating, extrapolating and comparing incidence-based species accumulation curves. Ecology 2004, 85:2717-2727.
13. Curtis W.M., Morris D.I. The Student's Flora of Tasmania, Part 1 1975, Tasmanian Government Printer, Hobart.
14. Cwielong P.P., Rajchenberg M. Wood-rotting on Nothofagus pumilio in Patagonia, Argentina. European Journal of Forest Pathology 1995, 25:7-60.
15. Da Costa E.W.B. Comparative decay resistance of Australian timbers in accelerated laboratory tests. Australian Forest Research 1979, 9:119-135.
16. Dufrêne M., Legendre P. Species assemblages and indicator species: the need for a flexible asymmetrical approach. Ecological Monographs 1997, 67:345-366.
17. Edmonds R.L., Lebo D.S. Diversity, production, and nutrient dynamics of fungal sporocarps in an old-growth temperate rain forest, Olympic National Park, Washington. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 1998, 28:665-672.
18. Fridman J., Walheim M. Amount, structure, and dynamics of dead wood on managed forestland in Sweden. Forest Ecology and Management 2002, 131:23-36.
19. Fryar S.C., Kirby G.C., Hyde K.D. Species abundance patterns of two wood-decay basidiomycete communities. Fungal Diversity 1999, 3:39-56.
20. Fukasawa Y., Osono T., Takeda H. Dynamics of physicochemical properties and occurrence of fungal fruit bodies during decomposition of coarse woody debris of Fagus crenata. Journal of Forest Research 2009, 14:20-29.
21. Gates GM, 2009. Coarse Woody Debris, Macrofungal Assemblages, and Sustainable Forest Management in a Eucalyptus obliqua Forest of Southern Tasmania. Ph.D. thesis, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. (accessed 06.02.10). http://eprints.utas.edu.au/9593/.
22. Grove S., Meggs J., Goodwin A. A Review of Biodiversity Conservation Issues Relating to Coarse Woody Debris Management in the Wet Eucalypt Production Forests of Tasmania 2002, Forestry Tasmania, Hobart.
23. Harmon M.E., Franklin J.F., Swanson F., Sollins P., Gregory S.V., Lattin J.D., Anderson N.H., Cline S.P., Aumen N.G., Sedell J.R., Lienkaemper G.W., Cromack K., Cummins K.W. Ecology of coarse woody debris in temperate ecosystems. Advances in Ecological Research 1986, vol. 15:133-302. Academic Press, New York. A. MacFadyen, E.D. Ford (Eds.).
24. Heilmann-Clausen J., Christensen M. Fungal diversity on decaying beech logs-implications for sustainable forestry. Biodiversity and Conservation 2003, 12:953-973.
25. Heilmann-Clausen J., Christensen M. Does size matter? On the importance of various dead wood fractions for fungal diversity in Danish beech forests. Forest Ecology and Management 2004, 201:105-117.
26. Heilmann-Clausen J., Vesterholt J. Conservation: selection criteria and approaches. Ecology of Saprotrophic Basidiomycetes 2008, 325-347. Elsevier, London. L. Boddy, J.C. Frankland, P. Van West (Eds.).
27. Høiland K., Bendiksen E. Biodiversity of wood-inhabiting fungi in a boreal coniferous forest Sør-Trøndelag County, Central Norway. Nordic Journal of Botany 1996, 16:643-659.
28. Holec J. Ecology of macrofungi in the beech woods of the Sumava mountains and Sumava foothills. Ceska Mykologie 1992, 46:163-202.
29. Hood I.A., Beets P.N., Kimberley M.O., Gardner J.F., Oliver G.R., Pearce S. Colonisation of podocarp coarse woody debris by decomposer basidiomycete fungi in an indigenous forest in the central North Island of New Zealand. Forest Ecology and Management 2004, 196:311-325.
30. Hopkins AJ, 2007. The Taxonomy and Ecology of Wood Decay Fungi in Eucalyptus obliqua Trees and Logs in the Wet Sclerophyll Forests of Southern Tasmania. Ph.D. thesis, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
31. Hottola J., Siitonen J. Significance of woodland key habitats for polypore diversity and red-listed species in boreal forests. Biodiversity and Conservation 2008, 17:2559-2577.
32. Iršinaiti R., Kutorga E. Wood-inhabiting fungi on pedunculate oak coarse woody debris in relation to substratum quantity and forest age. Acta Mycologica 2007, 42:169-178.
33. Jackson W.D. Fire, air, water and earth - an elemental ecology of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia 1968, 3:9-16.
34. Johansson T., Olsson J., Hjältén J., Jonsson B.G., Ericson L. Beetle attraction to sporocarps and wood infected with mycelia of decay fungi in old-growth spruce forests of northern Sweden. Forest Ecology and Management 2006, 237:335-341.
35. Jung H.S. Wood-rotting aphyllophorales of the southern Appalachian spruce-fir forest. Bibliotheca Mycologia 1987, 119:1-122.
36. Junninen K., Similä M., Kouki J., Kotiranta H. Assemblages of wood-inhabiting fungi along the gradients of succession and naturalness in boreal pine-dominated forests in Fennoscandia. Ecography 2006, 29:75-83.
37. Kaila L., Martikainen P., Punttila P., Yakovlev E. Saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) on dead birch trunks decayed by different polypore species. Annales Zoologici Fennici 1994, 31:97-107.
38. Kirkpatrick J.B., Backhouse S. Native Trees of Tasmania 1981, Pandani Press, Hobart.
39. Komonen A. Structure of insect communities inhabiting old-growth forest specialist bracket fungi. Ecological Entomology 2001, 26:63-75.
40. Kornerup A., Wanscher J.H. Methuen Handbook of Colour 1978, Reprinted in 1989 by Methuen, London, England. third edn.
41. Kotiranta H., Niemelä T. Uhanalaiset käävät Suomessa. Summary: threatened polypores in finland 1996, Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki. second revised ed.
42. Kruys N., Jonsson B.G. Fine woody debris is important for species richness on logs in managed boreal forests of northern Sweden. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 1999, 29:1295-1299.
43. Küffer N., Senn-Irlet B. Diversity and ecology of wood-inhabiting aphyllophoroid basidiomycetes on fallen woody debris in various forest types in Switzerland. Mycological Progress 2005, 4:77-86.
44. Lindblad I. Wood-inhabiting fungi on fallen logs of Norway spruce: relations to forest management and substrate quality. Nordic Journal of Botany 1998, 18:243-255.
45. Lodge D.J., Ammirati J.F., O'Dell T.E., Mueller G.M., Huhndorf S.M., Wang C.-J., Stokland J.N., Schmit J.P., Ryvarden L., Leacock P.R., Mata M., Umaña L., Wu Q.F., Czederpiltz D.L.L. Terrestrial and lignicolous macrofungi. Biodiversity of Fungi Inventory and Monitoring Methods 2004, 127-172. Elsevier Academic Press, Burlington, USA. G.M. Mueller, G.F. Bills, M.S. Foster (Eds.).
46. May T.W., Milne J., Shingles S., Jones R.H. Catalogue and Bibliography of Australian Macrofungi 2. Basidiomycota p.p & Myxomycota.p.p. 2002, (Fungi of Australia, Volume 2B), Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.
47. May T.W., Simpson J.A. Fungal diversity and ecology in eucalypt ecosystems. Eucalypt Ecology: Individuals to Ecosystems 1997, 246-277. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. J.E. Williams, J.C.Z. Woinarski (Eds.).
48. May T.W., Wood A.E. Catalogue and Bibliography of Australian Macrofungi 1. Basidiomycota p.p. 1997, (Fungi of Australia, Volume 2A), Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.
49. McCune B., Mefford M.J. Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data 1999, Version 4.10. MjM Software, Gleneden Beach, Oregon 97388, United States of America.
50. Nakasone K.K. Diversity of lignicolous basidiomycetes in coarse woody debris. Coarse Woody Debris in Southern Forests 1993, 35-42. General technical report SE-94, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens, GA. J.W. McMinn, D.A. Crossley (Eds.).
51. Nordén B., Paltto H. Wood-decay fungi in hazel wood: species richness correlated to stand age and dead wood features. Biological Conservation 2001, 101:1-8.
52. Nordén B., Ryberg M., Götmark F., Olausson B. Relative importance of coarse and fine woody debris for the diversity of wood-inhabiting fungi in temperate broadleaf forests. Biological Conservation 2004, 117:1-10.
53. Norstedt G., Bader P., Ericson L. Polypores as indicators of conservation value in Corsican pine forests. Biological Conservation 2001, 99:347-354.
54. Núñez M., Ryvarden L. The Genus Aleurodiscus (Basidiomycotina) 1997, Sats & Trykk, Oslo.
55. Penttilä R., Siitonen J., Kuusinen M. Polypore diversity in managed and old-growth boreal Picea abies forests in southern Finland. Biological Conservation 2004, 117:271-283.
56. Public Land Use Commission Tasmanian-commonwealth Regional Forest Agreement 1996, The Commission, Hobart, Tasmania.
57. Ratkowsky D.A., Gates G.M. A preliminary census of the macrofungi of Mount Wellington, Tasmania - the Agaricales. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 2002, 136:89-100.
58. Rayner A.D.M., Boddy L. Fungal Decomposition of Wood: its biology and ecology 1988, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester.
59. Refshauge L.D. Types of decay occurring in mature and young Eucalyptus regnans (Mountain Ash) as observed during a preliminary investigation. Victorian Forester 1938, 2:24-28.
60. Renvall P. Community structure and dynamics of wood-rotting Basidiomycetes on decomposing conifer trunks in northern Finland. Karstenia 1995, 35:1-51.
61. Robinson R.M., Tunsell V.L. A list of macrofungi recorded in burnt and unburnt Eucalyptus diversicolor regrowth forest in the southwest of Western Australia: 1998-2002. Conservation Science Western Australia 2007, 6:75-96.
62. Rudman P. Durability in the genus Eucalyptus. Australian Forestry 1964, 28:242-257.
63. Siitonen J. Forest management, coarse woody debris and saproxylic organisms: Fennoscandian boreal forests as an example. Ecological Bulletins 2001, 49:11-41.
64. Simpson J.A. Wood decay fungi. Fungi of Australia Volume 1B: Introduction - Fungi in the Environment 1996, 95-128. CSIRO Publishing/Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS), Collingwood, Victoria. K. Mallett, C. Grgurinovic (Eds.).
65. Sippola A.-L., Lehesvirta T., Renvall P. Effects of selective logging on coarse woody debris and diversity of wood-decaying polypores in eastern Finland. Ecological Bulletins 2001, 49:243-254.
66. Sippola A.-L., Mönkkönen M., Renvall P. Polypore diversity in the herb-rich woodland key habitats of Koli National Park in eastern Finland. Biological Conservation 2005, 126:260-269.
67. Stokland J., Kauserud H. Phellinus nigrolimitatus - a wood-decomposing fungus highly influenced by forestry. Forest Ecology and Management 2004, 187:333-343.
68. Stone J.N., MacKinnon A., Parminter J.V., Lertzman K.P. Coarse woody debris decomposition documented over 65 years on southern Vancouver Island. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 1998, 28:788-793.
69. Takahashi K.H., Kagaya T. Guild structure of wood-rotting fungi based on volume and decay stage of coarse woody debris. Ecological Research 2005, 20:215-222.
70. Tarasov M.E., Birdsey R.A. Decay rate and potential storage of coarse woody debris in the Leningrad region. Ecological Bulletins 2001, 49:137-149.
71. Turner P., Grove S.J., Airey C. Wildfire Chronosequence Project Establishment Report 2007, Division of Forest Research and Development, Forestry Tasmania, Hobart.
72. von Runge A. Pilzsukzession auf Laubholzstümpfen. Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde 1975, 41:31-38.
73. Webber E, 2006. Coarse Woody Debris Decomposition, Carbon Sequestration, and Management, in Eastern Australian Forests. Ph.D. thesis, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia.
74. Webster J. Mycology, Vol. 2. Higher Fungi 2007, IWF Wissen und Medien GmbH, Goettingen (DVD-ROM).
75. Woldendorp G., Keenan R.J. Coarse woody debris in Australian forest ecosystems: a review. Austral Ecology 2005, 30:834-843.
76. Woldendorp G., Keenan R.J., Ryan M.F. Coarse Woody Debris in Australian Forest Ecosystems 2002, Bureau of Rural Science, Australia, Canberra.
77. Wu J.-B., Guan D.-X., Han S.-J., Zhang M., Jin C.-J. Ecological functions of coarse woody debris in forest ecosystem. Journal of Forestry Research 2005, 16:247-252.