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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Towards global patterns in the diversity and community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi
Molecular Ecology, Volume 21, No. 17, Year 2012
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Global species richness patterns of soil micro-organisms remain poorly understood compared to macro-organisms. We use a global analysis to disentangle the global determinants of diversity and community composition for ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi-microbial symbionts that play key roles in plant nutrition in most temperate and many tropical forest ecosystems. Host plant family has the strongest effect on the phylogenetic community composition of fungi, whereas temperature and precipitation mostly affect EcM fungal richness that peaks in the temperate and boreal forest biomes, contrasting with latitudinal patterns of macro-organisms. Tropical ecosystems experience rapid turnover of organic material and have weak soil stratification, suggesting that poor habitat conditions may contribute to the relatively low richness of EcM fungi, and perhaps other soil biota, in most tropical ecosystems. For EcM fungi, greater evolutionary age and larger total area of EcM host vegetation may also contribute to the higher diversity in temperate ecosystems. Our results provide useful biogeographic and ecological hypotheses for explaining the distribution of fungi that remain to be tested by involving next-generation sequencing techniques and relevant soil metadata. See also the Perspective by Kennedy et al © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Tedersoo, Leho
Estonia, Tartu
Ökoloogia ja Maateaduste Instituut
Estonia, Tartu
Tartu Ülikooli Loodusmuuseum
Bahram, Mohammad
Estonia, Tartu
Ökoloogia ja Maateaduste Instituut
Toots, Märt
Estonia, Tartu
Ökoloogia ja Maateaduste Instituut
Diedhiou, Abdala Gamby
Senegal, Dakar
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Henkel, Terry W.
United States, Arcata
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
Kjøller, Rasmus
Denmark, Copenhagen
Københavns Universitet
Morris, Melissa H.
United States, Davis
University of California, Davis
Nara, Kazuhide
Japan, Tokyo
The University of Tokyo
Nouhra, Eduardo R.
Argentina, Cordoba
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Peay, Kabir G.
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Põlme, Sergei
Estonia, Tartu
Ökoloogia ja Maateaduste Instituut
Estonia, Tartu
Tartu Ülikooli Loodusmuuseum
Ryberg, Martin K.
United States, Knoxville
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Smith, Matthew E.
United States, Durham
Duke University
United States, Gainesville
University of Florida
Kõljalg, Urmas
Estonia, Tartu
Ökoloogia ja Maateaduste Instituut
Estonia, Tartu
Tartu Ülikooli Loodusmuuseum
Statistics
Citations: 379
Authors: 14
Affiliations: 12
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05602.x
ISSN:
09621083
e-ISSN:
1365294X
Research Areas
Food Security