Litter quality, mycorrhizal association, and soil properties regulate effects of tree species on the soil fauna community

Yan Peng; Martin Holmstrup; Inger Kappel Schmidt; An De Schrijver; Stephanie Schelfhout; Petr Heděnec; Haifeng Zheng; Luciana Ruggiero Bachega; Kai Yue; Lars Vesterdal

doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115570

Litter quality, mycorrhizal association, and soil properties regulate effects of tree species on the soil fauna community

Yan Peng^*
, Martin Holmstrup
, Inger Kappel Schmidt
, An De Schrijver
, Stephanie Schelfhout
, Petr Heděnec
, Haifeng Zheng
, Luciana Ruggiero Bachega
, Kai Yue
, Lars Vesterdal

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Forest management, including selection of appropriate tree species to mitigate climate change and sustain biodiversity, requires a better understanding of factors that affect the composition of soil fauna communities. These communities are an integral part of the soil ecosystem and play an essential role in forest ecosystem functioning related to carbon and nitrogen cycling. Here, by performing a field study across six common gardens in Denmark, we evaluated the effects of tree species identity and mycorrhizal association (i.e., arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) and ectomycorrhiza (ECM)) on soil fauna (meso- and macrofauna) taxonomic and functional community composition by using diversity, abundance, and biomass as proxies. We found that (1) tree species identity and mycorrhizal association both showed significant effects on soil fauna communities, but the separation between community characteristics in AM and ECM tree species was not entirely consistent; (2) total soil fauna abundance, biomass, as well as taxonomic and functional diversity were generally significantly higher under AM tree species, as well as lime, with higher litter quality (high N and base cation and low lignin:N ratio); (3) tree species significantly influenced the properties of litter, forest floor, and soil, among which litter and/or forest floor N, P, Ca, and Mg concentrations, soil pH, and soil moisture predominantly affected soil fauna abundance, biomass, and taxonomic and functional diversity. Our results from this multisite common garden experiment provide strong and consistent evidence of positive effects of tree species with higher litter quality on soil fauna communities in general, which helps to better understand the effects of tree species selection on soil biodiversity and its functions related to forest soil carbon sequestration.

Original language	English
Article number	115570
Journal	Geoderma
Volume	407
Number of pages	10
ISSN	0016-7061
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115570
Publication status	Published - Feb 2022

Keywords

Abundance
Biomass
Common garden experiment
Diversity
Functional group
Soil meso- and macrofauna
Taxonomic group

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