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T1 Data from: Quercus suber dieback alters soil respiration and nutrient availability in Mediterranean forests
A1 Avila, José Manuel
A1 Gallardo, Antonio
A1 Ibánez, Beatriz
A1 Gómez-Aparicio, Lorena
K1 Carbon cycle
K1 Drought
K1 Forest disease
K1 Olea europaea var. sylvestris
K1 Phytophthora cinnamomi
K1 Plant-soil (below-ground) interactions
K1 Quercus canariensis
K1 Quercus suber
AB An increase in tree mortality rates has been recently detected in forests world-wide. However, few works have focused on the potential consequences of forest dieback for ecosystem functioning. Here we assessed the effect of Quercus suber dieback on carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycles in two types of Mediterranean forests (woodlands and closed forests) affected by the aggressive pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi. We used a spatially explicit neighbourhood approach to analyse the direct effects of Q. suber dieback on soil variables, comparing the impact of Q. suber trees with different health status, as well as its potential long-term indirect effects, comparing the impact of non-declining coexistent species. Quercus suber dieback translated into lower soil respiration rates and phosphorus availability, whereas its effects on nitrogen varied depending on forest type. Coexistent species differed strongly from Q. suber in their effects on nutrient availability, but not on soil respiration rates. Our models showed low interannual but high intra-annual variation in the ecosystem impacts of tree dieback. Synthesis. Our results support that tree dieback might have important short- and long-term impacts on ecosystem processes in Mediterranean forests. With this work, we provide valuable insights to fill the existent gap in knowledge on the ecosystem-level impacts of forest dieback in general and P. cinnamomi-driven mortality in particular. Because the activity and range of this pathogen is predicted to increase due to climate warming, these impacts could also increase in the near future altering ecosystem functioning world-wide.
PB Dryad
YR 2016
FD 2016-06-14
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/9592
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/9592
LA en
NO There are two spreadsheets with data. The spreadsheet "soil dataset" contains the raw soil data. The spreadsheet "tree dataset" contains the information about neighbour trees (species, position, size and defoliation index). After each data spreadsheet there is a spreadshet with the associated metadata, where a description of all the variables and units can be found.dataset_cicles.xlsPublicado anteriormente en Dryad: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6nd4k
NO Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla. Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales
DS RIO
RD May 9, 2026