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Soil organic matter rather than ectomycorrhizal diversity is related to urban tree health

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dc.contributor.authorGeel, Maarten Van
dc.contributor.authorYu, Kang
dc.contributor.authorPeeters, Gerrit
dc.contributor.authorvan Acker, Kasper
dc.contributor.authorRamos, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorSerafim, Cindy
dc.contributor.authorKastendeuch, Pierre
dc.contributor.authorNajjar, Georges
dc.contributor.authorAmeglio, Thierry
dc.contributor.authorNgao, Jérôme
dc.contributor.authorSaudreau, Marc
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Paula
dc.contributor.authorSomers, Ben
dc.contributor.authorHonnay, Olivier
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-06T11:50:10Z
dc.date.available2019-12-06T11:50:10Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractUrban trees provide many ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration, air quality improvement, storm water attenuation and energy conservation, to people living in cities. Provisioning of ecosystem services by urban trees, however, may be jeopardized by the typically poor quality of the soils in urban areas. Given their well-known multifunctional role in forest ecosystems, ectomycorrhizal fungi (EcM) may also contribute to urban tree health and thus ecosystem service provisioning. Yet, no studies so far have directly related in situ EcM community composition to urban tree health indicators. Here, two previously collected datasets were combined: i) tree health data of 175 Tilia tomentosa trees from three European cities (Leuven, Strasbourg and Porto) estimated using a range of reflectance, chlorophyll fluorescence and physical leaf indicators, and ii) ectomycorrhizal diversity of these trees as characterized by next-generation sequencing. Tree health indicators were related to soil characteristics and EcM diversity using canonical redundancy analysis. Soil organic matter significantly explained variation in tree health indicators whereas no significant relation between mycorrhizal diversity variables and the tree health indicators was found. We conclude that mainly soil organic matter, through promoting soil aggregate formation and porosity, and thus indirectly tree water availability, positively affects the health of trees in urban areas. Our results suggest that urban planners should not overlook the importance of soil quality and its water holding capacity for the health of urban trees and potentially also for the ecosystem services they deliver. Further research should also study other soil microbiota which may independently, or in interaction with ectomycorrhiza, mediate tree performance in urban settings.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationVan Geel, M., Kang, Y., Peeters, G., van Acker, K., Ramos, M., Serafim, C., ... Saudreau, M. (2019). Soil organic matter rather than ectomycorrhizal diversity is related to urban tree health. PloS one, 14(11), e0225714pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0225714pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid85075478935
dc.identifier.eissn1932-6203
dc.identifier.pmcPMC6874331
dc.identifier.pmid31756209
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/28955
dc.identifier.wos000533889300053
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherPublic Library of Sciencept_PT
dc.relationBR/175/A1/URBANMYCOSERVE
dc.relationScreening of high performance strains of edible mycorrhizal fungi
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.titleSoil organic matter rather than ectomycorrhizal diversity is related to urban tree healthpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleScreening of high performance strains of edible mycorrhizal fungi
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT//SFRH%2FBD%2F111056%2F2015/PT
oaire.citation.issue11
oaire.citation.titlePLoS ONEpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume14
person.familyNameVan Geel
person.familyNameRamos
person.familyNameCastro
person.givenNameMaarten
person.givenNameMiguel
person.givenNamePaula
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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