NDLI: The legacy of climate change effects: previous drought increases short-term litter decomposition rates in a temperate mixed grass- and shrubland

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Author	Haugwitz, Merian Skouw Michelsen, Anders Priemé, Anders
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Fungi play a central role in litter decomposition, a key process controlling the terrestrial carbon cycle and nutrient availability for plants and microorganisms. Climate change and elevated CO$_{2}$ affect soil fungi, but the relative importance of the global change variables for litter decomposition is still uncertain. The main objective was therefore to assess the short-term litter decomposition and associated fungal community in a global change manipulated temperate heath ecosystem.The heath had been exposed to 6 years of warming, elevated atmospheric CO$_{2}$ and an extended pre-summer drought. Litterbags with litter from heather (Calluna vulgaris) and wavy-hair grass (Deschampsia flexuosa) were incubated in the litter layer for 6 months, where after we analyzed the litter-associated fungal community, litter loss, CO$_{2}$ respiration, and total content of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus.Elevated temperature tended to increase litter decomposition rates, whereas elevated CO$_{2}$ had no effect on the process. The pre-summer drought treatment had a positive impact on litter decomposition, CO$_{2}$ respiration and fungal abundance in the litterbags, although we observed no major changes in fungal community composition.The drought treatment during pre-summer had a legacy effect on litter decomposition as decomposition rates were positively affected later in the year. The community structure of litter-decomposing fungi was not affected by the drought treatment. Hence, the legacy effect was not mediated by a change in the fungal community structure.
Starting Page	183
Ending Page	193
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0032079X
Journal	Plant and Soil
Volume Number	408
Issue Number	1-2
e-ISSN	15735036
Language	English
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Publisher Date	2016-05-18
Publisher Place	Cham
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Drought Elevated atmospheric CO$_{2}$ Increased temperature Fungal community composition Litter degradation Litter mass loss Plant Sciences Soil Science & Conservation Plant Physiology Ecology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Soil Science Plant Science

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