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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Spatial structure and the effects of host and soil environments on communities of ectomycorrhizal fungi in wooded savannas and rain forests of Continental Africa and Madagascar
Molecular Ecology, Volume 20, No. 14, Year 2011
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Mycorrhizal fungi play a key role in mineral nutrition of terrestrial plants, but the factors affecting natural distribution, diversity and community composition of particularly tropical fungi remain poorly understood. This study addresses shifts in community structure and species frequency of ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi in relation to host taxa, soil depth and spatial structure in four contrasting African ecosystems. We used the rDNA and plastid trnL intron sequence analysis for identification of fungi and host plants, respectively. By partitioning out spatial autocorrelation in plant and fungal distribution, we suggest that African EcM fungal communities are little structured by soil horizon and host at the plant species and family levels. These findings contrast with patterns of vegetation in these forests and EcM fungal communities in other tropical and temperate ecosystems. The low level of host preference indirectly supports an earlier hypothesis that pioneer Phyllanthaceae may facilitate the establishment of late successional Fabaceae and potentially other EcM host trees by providing compatible fungal inoculum in deforested and naturally disturbed ecosystems of tropical Africa. © 2011 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
Jairus, Teele
Estonia, Tartu
Ökoloogia ja Maateaduste Instituut
Bechem, Eneke Esoeyang Tambe
Cameroon, Buea
University of Buea
Chinoya, Stephen
Zambia
Loloma Mission Hospital
Mpumba, Rebecca
Zambia
West Lunga Trust
Leal, Miguel E.
United States, St. Louis
Missouri Botanical Garden
Randrianjohany, Émile
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Centre National de Recherches Sur L'environnement
Razafimandimbison, Sylvain G.
Sweden, Stockholm
Stockholms Universitet
Sadam, Ave
Estonia, Tartu
Ökoloogia ja Maateaduste Instituut
Naadel, Triin
Estonia, Tartu
Ökoloogia ja Maateaduste Instituut
Kãljalg, Urmas
Estonia, Tartu
Ökoloogia ja Maateaduste Instituut
Estonia, Tartu
Tartu Ülikooli Loodusmuuseum
Statistics
Citations: 100
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05145.x
ISSN:
09621083
e-ISSN:
1365294X
Research Areas
Food Security
Study Locations
Madagascar