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Clay, Natalie

Riggins, John

Samples, Corey

Siegert, Courtney

Tang, Juliet

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Louisiana Tech UniversityLouisiana Tech Digital CommonsANS Research Symposium ANS Research Symposium 2019Apr 11th, 8:30 AM - 11:30 AMBark Beetle Influence on Diversity of Leaf LitterCommunitiesCorey SamplesLouisiana Tech UniversityJohn RigginsMississippi State UniversityCourtney SiegertMississippi State UniversityJuliet TangUnited States Department of AgricultureNatalie ClayLouisiana Tech UniversityFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.latech.edu/ans-research-symposiumThis Event is brought to you for free and open access by the Conferences and Symposia at Louisiana Tech Digital Commons. It has been accepted forinclusion in ANS Research Symposium by an authorized administrator of Louisiana Tech Digital Commons. For more information, please contactdigitalcommons@latech.edu.Recommended CitationSamples, Corey; Riggins, John; Siegert, Courtney; Tang, Juliet; and Clay, Natalie, "Bark Beetle Influence on Diversity of Leaf LitterCommunities" (2019). ANS Research Symposium. 13.https://digitalcommons.latech.edu/ans-research-symposium/2019/poster-presentations/13 21  Bark Beetle Influence on Diversity of Leaf Litter Communities  Corey Samples1, John Riggins2, Courtney Siegert3, Juliet Tang4, Natalie Clay5  1Undergraduate Student, School of Biological Sciences, Louisiana Tech University 2Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University 3Department of Forestry, Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University 4USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Mississippi 5Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences   ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bark beetles kill trees and transfer bluestain fungi. Bluestain fungi attracts termites, which can affect decomposer community structure. We tested the hypothesis that leaf litter communities below bark beetle attacked wood would differ from those below unattacked wood. Diversity was higher in BB attacked communities, and where termites were present, but there was no difference in community structure. Thus, bark beetles can influence decomposition processes through indirect interactions with termites.                                 

Bark Beetle Influence on Diversity of Leaf Litter Communities

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