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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.3390/life11101081
Lizenz creative commons licence
Titel (primär) Foliar fungal endophytes in a tree diversity experiment are driven by the identity but not the diversity of tree species
Autor Kambach, S.; Sadlowski, C.; Peršoh, D.; Guerreiro, M.A.; Auge, H. ORCID logo ; Röhl, O.; Bruelheide, H.
Quelle Life
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
Department BZF; iDiv
Band/Volume 11
Heft 10
Seite von art. 1081
Sprache englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Supplements https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/11/10/1081/s1
Keywords biodiversity–ecosystem functioning; cryptic; Fagus sylvatica; leaf fungi; Quercus petraea; Picea abies; Shannon diversity; species richness
Abstract Symbiotic foliar fungal endophytes can have beneficial effects on host trees and might alleviate climate-induced stressors. Whether and how the community of foliar endophytes is dependent on the tree neighborhood is still under debate with contradicting results from different tree diversity experiments. Here, we present our finding regarding the effect of the tree neighborhood from the temperate, densely planted and 12-years-old Kreinitz tree diversity experiment. We used linear models, redundancy analysis, Procrustes analysis and Holm-corrected multiple t-tests to quantify the effects of the plot-level tree neighborhood on the diversity and composition of foliar fungal endophytes in Fagus sylvatica, Quercus petraea and Picea abies. Against our expectations, we did not find an effect of tree diversity on endophyte diversity. Endophyte composition, however, was driven by the identity of the host species. Thirteen endophytes where overabundant in tree species mixtures, which might indicate frequent spillover or positive interactions between foliar endophytes. The independence of the diversity of endophytes from the diversity of tree species might be attributed to the small plot size and the high density of tree individuals. However, the mechanistic causes for these cryptic relationships still remain to be uncovered.
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Kambach, S., Sadlowski, C., Peršoh, D., Guerreiro, M.A., Auge, H., Röhl, O., Bruelheide, H. (2021):
Foliar fungal endophytes in a tree diversity experiment are driven by the identity but not the diversity of tree species
Life 11 (10), art. 1081 10.3390/life11101081