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DOI 10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100961
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Titel (primär) Community and neighbourhood tree species richness effects on fungal species in leaf litter
Autor Zhang, N.; Bruelheide, H.; Li, Y.; Liang, Y.; Wubet, T. ORCID logo ; Trogisch, S.; Ma, K.
Quelle Fungal Ecology
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
Department BZF; iDiv
Band/Volume 47
Seite von art. 100961
Sprache englisch
Keywords BEF-China; Community tree species richness; Freshly-fallen leaf litter fungi; Next generation sequencing; Neighbour tree species richness; Subtropical forest
Abstract Investigating the effects of individual tree species on fungal species in leaf litter allows a mechanistic understanding of how tree diversity affects the diversity and composition of fungal species at the community level. We collected freshly-fallen leaves of eight focal tree species at four tree species richness levels in a large-scale subtropical forest diversity experiment to estimate tree species richness effects on fungal species diversity and community composition at two spatial scales: at the local tree neighbourhood and at the tree community level. The identity of focal tree species affected both the diversity and composition of the fungal community in freshly-fallen leaves, particularly structuring the composition of both the pathogenic and non-pathogenic fungal community. Furthermore, we found that the effects of community tree species richness on fungal OTU composition were tree species-specific. Besides community tree species richness, the neighbour tree community had significant effects on the structure of the entire fungal community and of functional groups in freshly-fallen leaves. These findings highlight that the response of fungal species assemblages to tree species richness depends on fungal-associated tree species identity, and suggest that heterospecificity of local tree neighbours is an important driver of tree richness effects on litter fungal community.
Zhang, N., Bruelheide, H., Li, Y., Liang, Y., Wubet, T., Trogisch, S., Ma, K. (2020):
Community and neighbourhood tree species richness effects on fungal species in leaf litter
Fungal Ecol. 47 , art. 100961 10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100961