Soils, microbes, and forest health: A qualitative analysis of social and institutional factors affecting genomic technology adoption

Crann, Sara; Fairley, Cory; Badulescu, Dan; Mohn, William W.; O’Doherty, Kieran C.

doi:10.1016/j.techsoc.2015.06.001

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“…While these larger-scale biogeochemical effects have direct implications for ecosystem and human health, the underlying smaller-scale microbial changes provide a potentially sensitive indicator of change and ecosystem resilience ( 14 ) in addition to playing an important role in these larger-scale biogeochemical processes. As soil microbial community composition can be utilized as an assessment of forest health ( 46 ), our study indicates that this might be a viable tool in beetle-killed watersheds with possible long-term utilization by forest managers, policy/decision makers, and scientists when assessing the impact of forest mortality on ecosystem function and services. While it is unknown how long the concerns associated with this type of disturbance will persist, the effects are not short-lived.…”

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Ecosystem Resilience and Limitations Revealed by Soil Bacterial Community Dynamics in a Bark Beetle-Impacted Forest

Mikkelson

Brouillard

Bokman

et al. 2017

mBio

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Forested ecosystems throughout the world are experiencing increases in the incidence and magnitude of insect-induced tree mortality with large ecologic ramifications. Interestingly, correlations between water quality and the extent of tree mortality in Colorado montane ecosystems suggest compensatory effects from adjacent live vegetation that mute responses in less severely impacted forests. To this end, we investigated whether the composition of the soil bacterial community and associated functionality beneath beetle-killed lodgepole pine was influenced by the extent of surrounding tree mortality. The most pronounced changes were observed in the potentially active bacterial community, where alpha diversity increased in concert with surrounding tree mortality until mortality exceeded a tipping point of ~30 to 40%, after which diversity stabilized and decreased. Community structure also clustered in association with the extent of surrounding tree mortality with compositional trends best explained by differences in NH4+ concentrations and C/N ratios. C/N ratios, which were lower in soils under beetle-killed trees, further correlated with the relative abundance of putative nitrifiers and exoenzyme activity. Collectively, the response of soil microorganisms that drive heterotrophic respiration and decay supports observations of broader macroscale threshold effects on water quality in heavily infested forests and could be utilized as a predictive mechanism during analogous ecosystem disruptions.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Ecosystem Resilience and Limitations Revealed by Soil Bacterial Community Dynamics in a Bark Beetle-Impacted Forest

Mikkelson

Brouillard

Bokman

et al. 2017

mBio

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“…The lack of support and exchange in facilitating an understanding of genomics information are also factors that limit the optimization of their implementation in practice (Crann et al 2015;Touchette 2020). Crann et al (2015) reported that a minimum level of understanding among end users must be achieved so that they are able to understand and use genomics information properly. The sheer volume of data generated seems to be an impediment for Indigenous and non-Indigenous practitioners who sometimes have difficulty navigating the data (Kadykalo et al 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, the time required for the translational research to develop applications and non-molecular indicators of genetic diversity, as well as put them into practice, is not keeping pace with the actions that should be taken to respond to issues regarding the SMC of natural resources in practice (Kadykalo et al 2020). The time needed to complete analyses based on collected data must be within a reasonable timeframe (rather short) in order to benefit from the data and use it as a decision-making tool (Crann et al 2015). Also, for genomics to be recognized by practitioners as a field providing useful information in practice, its applications and non-molecular indicators must not be an additional burden (in relation to other tools being used) for those that use it (Crann et al 2015).…”

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“…The time needed to complete analyses based on collected data must be within a reasonable timeframe (rather short) in order to benefit from the data and use it as a decision-making tool (Crann et al 2015). Also, for genomics to be recognized by practitioners as a field providing useful information in practice, its applications and non-molecular indicators must not be an additional burden (in relation to other tools being used) for those that use it (Crann et al 2015). Furthermore, according to Kadykalo et al (2020), the information provided by genomics-derived data for use in concrete SMC measures must be easy to identify by practitioners.…”

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How to put forest and conservation genomics into motion for and with Indigenous communities?

Touchette

Beaudoin

Isabel

et al. 2021

The Forestry Chronicle

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Sustainable management and conservation (SMC) projects for natural resources in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples using a genomics approach are increasing in number. Information and tools/applications derived from genomics can be useful to them, particularly in the context of climate change. However, the challenge of translating these applications into practice and harnessing them to serve Indigenous communities remains. We present an exploratory literature review that addresses: (1) the demonstrated utility of genomics in SMC projects involving Indigenous Peoples, (2) some issues that may limit the adoption of genomics tools, and (3) the collaborative work between researchers and Indigenous communities in the analyzed studies. The demonstrated uses identified were largely of a socioecological nature. The complementary nature of Indigenous knowledge and scientific knowledge in genomics was recognized as an opportunity that should be further developed to address current challenges such as climate change. Regarding the adoption into practice of this technology in SMC projects, in addition to similar issues with other end users, the integration of the needs, traditional values and knowledge of Indigenous communities in genomics projects also represents a challenge in the context of the decolonization of genomics research. Finally, community-researcher collaboration was identified as a key element in promoting the successful uptake of genomics in SMC.

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“…Outbreaks of exotic tree pathogens can lead to a sudden spike in research on particular pathosystems (Figure 1), potentially leading to a relatively reduced research attention on the many other risks to tree health. Our understanding of forest health is also developing due to the availability of new tools to study the microbiome of forest trees and its role in maintaining forest health despite human activities and other health despite human activities and other biotic disturbances [24][25][26]. Just as importantly, there is increasing recognition of the role that various stakeholders play in shaping how societies react to new challenges to forest health [27][28][29].…”

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confidence: 99%

Scientometrics of Forest Health and Tree Diseases: An Overview

Pautasso

2016

Forests

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Abstract:Maintaining forest health is a worldwide challenge due to emerging tree diseases, shifts in climate conditions and other global change stressors. Research on forest health is thus accumulating rapidly, but there has been little use of scientometric approaches in forest pathology and dendrology. Scientometrics is the quantitative study of trends in the scientific literature. As with all tools, scientometrics needs to be used carefully (e.g., by checking findings in multiple databases) and its results must be interpreted with caution. In this overview, we provide some examples of studies of patterns in the scientific literature related to forest health and tree pathogens. Whilst research on ash dieback has increased rapidly over the last years, papers mentioning the Waldsterben have become rare in the literature. As with human health and diseases, but in contrast to plant health and diseases, there are consistently more publications mentioning "tree health" than "tree disease," possibly a consequence of the often holistic nature of forest pathology. Scientometric tools can help balance research attention towards understudied emerging risks to forest trees, as well as identify temporal trends in public interest in forests and their health.

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Soils, microbes, and forest health: A qualitative analysis of social and institutional factors affecting genomic technology adoption

Cited by 12 publications

References 14 publications

Ecosystem Resilience and Limitations Revealed by Soil Bacterial Community Dynamics in a Bark Beetle-Impacted Forest

Ecosystem Resilience and Limitations Revealed by Soil Bacterial Community Dynamics in a Bark Beetle-Impacted Forest

How to put forest and conservation genomics into motion for and with Indigenous communities?

Scientometrics of Forest Health and Tree Diseases: An Overview

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