Functional Ecology of Forest Disease

Sammanfattning

Global change is pressing forest pathologists to solve increasingly complex problems. We argue that understanding interactive effects between forest pathogens and global warming, globalization, and land-use changes may benefit from a functional ecology mindset. Traits can be more informative about ecological functions than species inventories and may deliver a more mechanistic description of forest disease. Myriad microbes with pathogenic potential interact with forest ecosystems at different organizational levels. Elucidation of functional traits may enable the microbial complexity to be reduced into manageable categories with predictive power. In this review, we propose guidelines that allow the research community to develop a functional forest pathology approach. We suggest new angles by which functional questions can be used to resolve burning issues on tree disease. Building up functional databases for pathogenicity is key to implementing these approaches.

Nyckelord

functional trait; forest pathology; nutrient cycling; invasive pathogen; Phytophthora; root rot pathogen

Publicerad i

Annual Review of Phytopathology
2020, volym: 58, sidor: 343-361

SLU författare

• Redondo, Miguel Angel

  • Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Stenlid, Jan

  • Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

SLU Nätverk växtskydd

Globala målen (SDG)

SDG13 Bekämpa klimatförändringarna
SDG15 Ekosystem och biologisk mångfald

UKÄ forskningsämne

Ekologi
Skogsvetenskap

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-phyto-080417-050028

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/105625