Reciprocal interactions between Scots pine and soil food web structure in the presence and absence of ectomycorrhiza

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H. Setälä
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[1] University of Jyväskylä,
[2] Department of Biological and Environmental Science,undefined
[3] P.O. Box 35 (YAC),undefined
[4] 40351 Jyväskylä,undefined
[5] Finland e-mail: hsetala@dodo.jyu.fi,undefined
[6] Fax +358-14-602321,undefined
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Oecologia | 2000年 / 125卷
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Cognettia sphagnetorum; Mycorrhiza; Nutrient cycling; Pine rhizosphere; Soil food web;
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Mycorrhizal plants are commonly believed to direct much more of their photosynthates into the soil than non-mycorrhizal plants. As the growth of most organisms of the detrital food web is limited by energy, the flow of C through mycorrhizal plants into the below-ground milieu is widely assumed to nourish a variety of decomposer organisms in soils. In the current experiment, I explored whether some representatives of soil mesofauna, either fungivores or microbi-detritivores, derive benefit from the presence of ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi growing on the roots of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). I also investigated whether the role of soil mesofauna in affecting pine growth depends on the presence of EM fungi in the pine rhizosphere. The study was established in microcosms with a mixture of raw humus and sand. The soil was defaunated, reinoculated with 10 species of soil bacteria and 11 species of saprophytic soil fungi, and pine seedlings, either infected or non-infected with four taxa of EM fungi, were planted in the microcosms. Five treatments with different food web configurations were established: (1) saprophytic microbes alone, (2) as (1) but with the omnivorous enchytraeid species Cognettia sphagnetorum present, (3) as (1) but with Collembola (Hypogastrura assimilis), (4) as (1) but with four species of oribatid mites (Acari) involved, and (5) as 1) but with C. sphagnetorum, H. assimilis and the Acari. The microcosms were incubated in a climate chamber with varying temperature and illumination regimes for two growing periods for the pine. After 60 weeks, pine biomass production was significantly greater in the mycorrhizal systems, the total biomass being 1.43 times higher in the presence than absence of EM fungi. Similarly, almost ten times more fungal biomass was detected on pine roots growing in the mycorrhizal than in the non-mycorrhizal systems. The presence of EM fungi was also associated with significantly lowered pH and percent organic matter of the soil. Despite the clearly larger biomass of both the pines and the fungi on the pine roots, neither the numbers nor biomasses of the mesofauna differed significantly between the EM and non-EM systems. The presence of Collembola and C. sphagnetorum had a positive influence on pine growth, particularly in the absence of EM fungi, whereas oribatid mites had no effects on pine growth. The complexity of the mesofaunal community was not related to the biomass production of the pines in a straightforward manner; for example, the complex systems with each faunal group present did not produce more pine biomass than the simple systems where C. sphagnetorum existed alone. The results of this experiment suggest that the short-term role of EM fungi in fuelling the detrital food web is less significant than generally considered, but that their role as active decomposers and/or stimulators of the activity of saprophytic microbes can be more important than is often believed.
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