Remote Sensing of Forest Genetic Diversity and Assessment of Below Ground Microbial Communities in Populus tremuloides Forests Mike Madritch - Appalachian State University Phil Townsend –University of Wisconsin Karen Mock – Utah State University Rick Lindroth – University of Wisconsin
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Remote Sensing of Forest Genetic Diversity and Assessment of Below Ground Microbial Communities in Populus tremuloides
Forests
Mike Madritch - Appalachian State University Phil Townsend –University of WisconsinKaren Mock – Utah State UniversityRick Lindroth – University of Wisconsin
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Genotype
Phenotype
Nutrient Cycles
Litter Chemistry
Environment
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Hyperspectral data
Objectives
1. Estimate the genetic diversity of aspen stands across multiple ecoregions using remotely sensed data.
2. Build predictive models of genetically-mediated leaf chemistry using remotely sensed hyperspectral data.
3. Measure belowground microbial biodiversity and functional diversity that results from genetically determined variation in plant chemistry.
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1. Genetic2. Nutrient/microbial3. Remotely-sensed
1. Genetic – aspen phylogeography
• Hundreds of genotypes with multiple ramets– Midwest tend to be
small – West tend to be large– Polyploidy issues– Progress
• 2009 complete ~8 microsatellites
• 2010 nearing completion
Leaf• Carbon, nitrogen• Condensed tannins, lignin
• Soil• Nutrient: C, N, NH4
+, NO3-
• Microbial: extracellular enzymes, • t-RFLP
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2. Leaf and Soil analyses
Hyperspectral data
3. Remote sensing
• LANDSAT time series– Use fall phenology to identify aspen clones– Build time series databases normalized to end of
season dates• Mid-summer AVIRIS imagery
– Spectral variation to estimate clonal differences– Estimate canopy chemistry
Preliminary analysis shows that bands known to correlate with N agree with canopy nitrogen measurements. Too few corrected AVIRIS images to present correlation.