Dynamics of fungi and fungivorous microarthropods in a Mediterranean maquis soil affected by experimental fire

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-43

  Rutigliano, F A ^a   Migliorini, M ^b   Maggi, O ^c   D'Ascoli, R ^a   Fanciulli, P P ^b   Persiani, A M ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Fire severity; Heat stimulated fungi; Oribatid mites; Springtails; Xerotolerant fungi

Indexed keywords

ACARI; COLLEMBOLA; FUNGI; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 84875610749     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. Pausas J.G., Vallejo V.R. The role of fire in European Mediterranean Ecosystems. Remote Sensing of Large Wildfires in the European Mediterranean Basin 1999, 3-16. Springer-Verlag. E. Chuvieco (Ed.).
2. Williams A.A.J., Karoly D.J., Tapper N. The sensitivity of Australian fire danger to climate change. Climatic Change 2001, 49:171-191.
3. Giller P.S. The diversity of soil communities, the 'poor man's tropical rainforest'. Biodivers. Conserv. 1996, 5:135-168.
4. Adams G.A., Wall D.H. Biodiversity above and below the surface of soils and sediments: linkages and implications for global change. BioScience 2000, 50:1043-1048.
5. Certini G. Effects of fire on properties of forest soils: a review. Oecologia 2005, 143:1-10.
6. Kara O., Bolat I. Short-term effects of wildfire on microbial biomass and abundance in black pine plantation soils in Turkey. Ecol. Indic. 2009, 9:1151-1155.
7. Rundel P.W. Fire as an ecological factor. Physiological Plant Ecology, I: Responses to the Physical Environment 1981, vol. 12A:501-538. Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York.
8. Malmström A. The importance of measuring fire severity - evidence from microarthropod studies. For. Ecol. Manag. 2010, 260:62-70.
9. Rutigliano F.A., De Marco A., D'Ascoli R., Castaldi S., Gentile A., Virzo De Santo A. Impact of fire on fungal abundance and microbial efficiency in C assimilation and mineralisation in a Mediterranean maquis soil. Biol. Fert. Soils 2007, 44:377-381.
10. Capogna F., Persiani A.M., Maggi O., Dowgiallo G., Puppi G., Manes F. Effects of different fire intensities on chemical and biological soil components and related feedbacks on a Mediterranean shrub (Phillyrea angustifolia L.). Plant Ecol. 2009, 204:155-171.
11. van Straalen N.M. Evaluation of bioindicator systems derived from soil arthropod communities. Appl. Soil Ecol. 1998, 9:429-437.
12. Schatz H., Behan-Pelletier V. Global diversity of oribatids (Oribatida: Acari: Arachnida). Hydrobiologia 2008, 595:323-328.
13. Coleman D.C., Whitman W.B. Linking species richness, biodiversity and ecosystem function in soil systems. Pedobiologia 2005, 49:479-497.
14. Maraun M., Visser S., Scheu S. Oribatid mites enhance the recovery of the microbial community after a strong disturbance. Appl. Soil Ecol. 1998, 9:175-181.
15. Renker C., Otto P., Zimdars B., Schneider K., Maraun M., Buscot F. Oribatid mites as potential vectors for soil microfungi. Microb. Ecol. 2005, 50:518-528.
16. Tiunov A.V., Scheu S. Arbuscular mycorrhiza and Collembola interact in affecting community composition of saprotrophic microfungi. Oecologia 2005, 142:636-642.
17. Wallwork J.A. Oribatids in forest ecosystems. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 1983, 28:109-130.
18. Rusek J. Ecology of collembola. 3rd International Seminar of Apterygota 1989, 271-281. University of Siena, Siena. R. Dallai (Ed.).
19. Menta C., Leoni A., Gardi C., Conti F.D. Are grasslands important habitats for soil microarthropods conservation?. Biodivers. Conserv. 2011, 20:1073-1087.
20. Tabaglio V., Gavazzi C., Menta C. Physico-chemical indicators and microarthropod communities as influenced by no-till, conventional tillage and nitrogen fertilisation after four years of continuous maize. Soil Tillage Res. 2009, 105:135-142.
21. Maraun M., Salamon J.-A., Schneider K., Schaefer M., Scheu S. Oribatid mite and collembola diversity, density and community structure in a moder beech forest (Fagus sylvatica): effects of mechanical perturbations. Soil Biol. Biochem. 2003, 35:1387-1394.
22. Migliorini M., Pigino G., Caruso T., Fanciulli P.P., Leonzio C., Bernini F. Soil communities (Acari Oribatida; Hexapoda Collembola) in a clay pigeon shooting range. Pedobiologia 2005, 49:1-13.
23. Esposito A., Mazzoleni S., Strumia S. Post-fire bryophyte dynamics in Mediterranean vegetation. J. Veg. Sci. 1999, 10:261-268.
24. di Gennaro A. I sistemi di terre della Campania 2002, Edizioni S.EL.CA., Firenze.
25. FAO World Reference Base for Soil Resources 1998, World Soil Resources, Rome, Report n. 84.
26. Molina M.J., Llinares J.V. Effects of fire intensity on the soil properties related to structure: organic matter, aggregate stability and water retention capacity. Fire Management and Landscape Ecology 1998, 35-50. International Association of Wildland Fire, Fairfield, Washington. L. Trabaud (Ed.).
27. De Luis M., Baeza M.J., Raventós J., González-Hidalgo J.C. Fuel characteristics and fire behaviour in mature Mediterranean gorse shrublands. Int. J. Wildland Fire 2004, 13:79-87.
28. D'Ascoli R., Rutigliano F.A., De Pascale R.A., Gentile A., Virzo De Santo A. Functional diversity of microbial community in Mediterranean maquis soils as affected by fires. Int. J. Wildland Fire 2005, 14:355-363.
29. Rutigliano F.A., D'Ascoli R., Virzo De Santo A. Soil microbial metabolism and nutrient status in a Mediterranean area as affected by plant cover. Soil Biol. Biochem. 2004, 36:1719-1729.
30. Allen S.E. Chemical Analysis of Ecological Materials 1989, Blackwell Scientific Publications.
31. Sundman V., Sivelä S. A comment on the membrane filter technique for estimation of length of fungal hyphae in soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 1978, 10:399-401.
32. Söderström B.E. Vital staining of fungi in pure cultures and in soil with fluorescein diacetate. Soil Biol. Biochem. 1977, 9:59-63.
33. Olson F.C.W. Quantitative estimates of filamentous algae. Trans. Am. Microsc. Soc. 1950, 69:272-279.
34. Berg B., Söderström B. Fungal biomass and nitrogen in decomposing Scots pine needle litter. Soil Biol. Biochem. 1979, 11:339-341.
35. Persiani A.M., Maggi O., Castelli G. Biodiversity and composition of post-fire soil microfungal communities of a Mediterranean maquis (southern Italy). Fire and Biological Processes 2002, 163-171. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. L. Trabaud, R. Prodon (Eds.).
36. Johnson L.F., Curl E.A. Methods for Research on the Ecology of Soil-borne Plant Pathogens 1972, Burgess Publishing Company, Minneapolis.
37. Podani J. SYN-TAX 2000, Computer Programs for Data Analysis in Ecology and Systematics - User's Manual 2001, Scientia Publishing, Budapest, Hungary.
38. Anderson J.M. Ecology for Environmental Sciences: Biosphere, Ecosystems and Man. Resource and Environmental Sciences Series 1981, Edward Arnold Publishers.
39. Hamman S.T., Burke I.C., Stromberger M.E. Relationships between microbial community structure and soil environmental conditions in a recently burned system. Soil Biol. Biochem. 2007, 39:1703-1711.
40. Fernández I., Cabaneiro A., Carballas T. Organic matter changes immediately after a wildfire in an Atlantic forest soil and comparison with laboratory soil heating. Soil Biol. Biochem. 1997, 29:1-11.
41. Bárcenas-Moreno G., Rousk J., Bååth E. Fungal and bacterial recolonisation of acid and alkaline forest soils following artificial heat treatments. Soil Biol. Biochem. 2011, 43:1023-1033.
42. Widden P., Parkinson D. The effect of a forest fire on soil microbiology. Soil Biol. Biochem. 1975, 7:125-138.
43. Kim E.J., Oh J.E., Chang Y.S. Effects of forest fire on the level and distribution of PCDD/Fs and PAHs in soil. Sci. Total Environ. 2003, 311:177-189.
44. Wicklow D.T., Zak J.C. Ascospore germination of carbonicolous ascomycetes in fungistatic soils: an ecological interpretation. Mycologia 1979, 71:238-242.
45. Wicklow D.T. Parallels in the development of post-fire fungal and herb communities. Proc. R. Soc. Edinb., Ser. B 1988, 94B:87-95.
46. Persiani A.M., Tosi S., Del Frate G., Granito V.M., Guglielminetti M., Lunghini D., Maggi O., Mulas B., Pasqualetti M., Picco A.M., Rambelli A., Rodolfi M., Solari N., Tempesta S. High spots for diversity of soil and litter microfungi in Italy. Plant Biosyst. 2011, 145:969-977.
47. Domsch K.H., Gams W., Anderson T.-H. Compendium of Soil Fungi 1993, IHW Verlag.
48. Piecková E., Bernát D., Jesenska Z. Heat resistant fungi isolated from soil. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 1994, 22:297-299.
49. De Marco A., Gentile A.E., Arena C., Virzo De Santo A. Organic matter, nutrient content and biological activity in burned and unburned soils of Mediterranean maquis area of southern Italy. Int. J. Wildland Fire 2005, 365-377.
50. Klick M.A. Biogeography of Aspergillus species in soil and litter. Mycologia 2002, 94:21-27.
51. th Symposium of the European Association of Acarologists Berlino 2004, 271-278. Luxograph, Palermo, Italy. G. Weigmann (Ed.).
52. Stamou G.P., Stamou G.V., Papatheodorou E.M., Argyropolou M.D., Tzafestas S.G. Population dynamics and life history tactics of arthropods from Mediterranean-type ecosystems. Oikos 2004, 104:98-108.
53. Maraun M., Scheu S. The structure of oribatid mite communities (Acari, Oribatida): patterns, mechanisms and implication for future research. Ecography 2000, 23:374-383.
54. Gongalsky K.B., Malmström A., Zaitsev A.S., Shakhab S.V., Bengtsson J., Persson T. Do burned areas recover from inside? an experiment with soil fauna in a heterogeneous landscape. Appl. Soil Ecol. 2012, 59:73-86.
55. Stamou G.P. Arthropods of mediterranean-type ecosystems. Adaptations of Desert Organisms 1998, 141. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg. J.L. Cloudsley-Thompson (Ed.).
56. Huebner K., Lindo Z., Lechowicz M.J. Post-fire succession of collembolan communities in a northern hardwood forest. Eur. J. Soil Biol. 2012, 48:59-65.
57. Gormsen D., Olsson P.A., Hedlund K. The influence of collembolans and earthworms on AM fungal mycelium. Appl. Soil Ecol. 2004, 27:211-220.
58. Schneider K., Renker C., Maraun M. Oribatid mite (Acari, Oribatida) feeding on ectomycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhiza 2005, 16:67-72.
59. Sadaka-Laulan N., Ponge J.-F., Roquebert M.-F., Bury E., Boumezzough A. Feeding preferences of the collembolan Onychiurus sinensis for fungi colonizing holm oak litter (Quercus rotundifolia Lam.). Eur. J. Soil Biol. 1998, 34:179-188.
60. Schneider K., Maraun M. Feeding preferences among dark pigmented fungi (" Dematiacea" ) indicate trophic niche differentiation of oribatid mites. Pedobiologia 2005, 49:61-67.
61. Petersen H. Temporal and spatial dynamics of soil Collembola during secondary succession in Danish heathland. Acta Zool. Fenn. 1995, 196:190-194.
62. Siepel H. Biodiversity of soil microarthropods: the filtering of species. Biodiv. Conserv. 1995, 5:251-260.
63. Prinzing A., Kretzler S., Badejo A., Beck L. Traits of Oribatid mites species that tolerate habitat disturbance due to pesticide application. Soil Biol. Biochem. 2002, 34:1655-1661.
64. Lindberg N., Bengtsson J. Population responses of oribatid mites and collembolans after drought. Appl. Soil Ecol. 2005, 28:163-174.
65. Norton R.A., Palmer S.C. The distribution, mechanisms and evolutionary significance of parthenogenesis in oribatid mites. The Acari: Reproduction and Life-history Strategies 1991, 107-136. Chapman and Hall, London. R. Schuster, P.W. Murphy (Eds.).
66. Zaitsev A.S., Wolters V., Waldhardt R., Dauber J. Long-term succession of oribatid mites after conversion of croplands to grasslands. Appl. Soil Ecol. 2006, 34:230-239.
67. Lebrun P., van Straalen N.M. Oribatid mites: prospects for their use in ecotoxicology. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 1995, 19:361-379.
68. 14N). Soil Biol. Biochem. 2004, 36:1769-1774.
69. Radea C., Arianoutsou M. Cellulose decomposition rates and soil arthropod community in a Pinus halepensis Mill. forest of Greece after a wildfire. Eur. J. Soil Biol. 2000, 36:57-64.