| Title | Decreased Soil Microbial Biomass and Changed Microbial Community Composition following a Defoliation Event by the Forest Tent Caterpillar |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2023 |
| Authors | Dansereau-Macias E., Despland E., Handa I.T |
| Journal | ForestsForests |
| Volume | 14 |
| Pagination | 12 |
| Date Published | Apr |
| Type of Article | Article |
| Accession Number | WOS:000979397900001 |
| Keywords | canopy herbivory, carbon, decomposition, defoliation event, deposition, dynamics, forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria), Forestry, fractions, insect herbivory, insect outbreak, MicroResp, mountain pine-beetle, nitrogen, outbreaks, soil microbial activity |
| Abstract | With climate change projected to increase the frequency and severity of episodic insect outbreak events, assessing potential consequences for soil microbial communities and nutrient dynamics is of importance for understanding forest resilience. The forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria) is an important defoliator of deciduous tree species in temperate and mixed forests of eastern North America with an invasion cycle every 10-12 years and outbreak events that can last 3-6 years. Following a defoliation episode on trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) from 2015 to 2017 in Abitibi-Temiscamingue, QC, Canada, we sought to test if defoliation resulted in changes to soil bacterial and fungal communities. We hypothesized an increase in soil microbial biomass due to increased caterpillar frass inputs and potential changes in community structure following the event. Soils were sampled in August 2018, May 2019 and July 2019 from sites that had been subjected to defoliation during the outbreak and from sites where no defoliation had been recorded. We assessed soil microbial biomass and fungal to total microbial activity ratio on all sampling dates, and Community Level Physiological Profiles (CLPPs) for 2018 only using a substrate-induced respiration method. Contrary to our hypothesis, we observed a significant 50% decrease in microbial biomass (mu g biomass-C g(-1) soil hour(-1)) in defoliated stands, suggesting tree carbon normally allocated towards root exudates was reallocated towards foliage regeneration. We noted a differentiated carbon-based substrate usage following defoliation, but no change in the fungal to total microbial activity ratio. The observed changes in the two years following the defoliation event suggest that defoliation episodes above-ground could trigger changes in soil chemistry below-ground with effects on soil microbial communities that may, in turn, feedback to influence forest plant dynamics.
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| Short Title | ForestsForests |
| Alternate Journal | Forests |
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QCBS; Biodiversity Science Discovery Award; SERG international [2019/12-2019-171]; NSERC [CRSNG-RDCPJ: 522722-17]
The QCBS provided a seed grant to I.T.H. and E.D. in 2018 and a Biodiversity Science Discovery Award to E.D.M. in 2019 (SG 2018_Handa). SERG international provided a grant to E.D (2019/12-2019-171). The NSERC provided a Collaborative Research and Development Grant to E.D. and I.T.H (CRSNG-RDCPJ: 522722-17).
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