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DOI 10.1038/s43705-021-00042-y
Title (Primary) Distinct effects of host and neighbour tree identity on arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal fungi along a tree diversity gradient
Author Ferlian, O.; Goldmann, K. ORCID logo ; Eisenhauer, N.; Tarkka, M.T.; Buscot, F.; Heintz-Buschart, A.
Source Titel ISME Communications
Year 2021
Department BOOEK; iDiv
Volume 1
Page From art. 40
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
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Keywords Biodiversity; Community ecology; Forest ecology
Abstract Plant diversity and plant-related ecosystem functions have been important in biodiversity-ecosystem functioning studies. However, biotic interactions with mycorrhizal fungi have been understudied although they are crucial for plant-resource acquisition. Here, we investigated the effects of tree species richness and tree mycorrhizal type on arbuscular (AMF) and ectomycorrhizal fungal (EMF) communities. We aimed to understand how dissimilarities in taxa composition and beta-diversity are related to target trees and neighbours of the same or different mycorrhizal type. We sampled a tree diversity experiment with saplings (~7 years old), where tree species richness (monocultures, 2-species, and 4-species mixtures) and mycorrhizal type were manipulated. AMF and EMF richness significantly increased with increasing tree species richness. AMF richness of mixture plots resembled that of the sum of the respective monocultures, whereas EMF richness of mixture plots was lower compared to the sum of the respective monocultures. Specialisation scores revealed significantly more specialised AMF than EMF suggesting that, in contrast to previous studies, AMF were more specialised, whereas EMF were not. We further found that AMF communities were little driven by the surrounding trees, whereas EMF communities were. Our study revealed drivers of mycorrhizal fungal communities and further highlights the distinct strategies of AMF and EMF.
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Ferlian, O., Goldmann, K., Eisenhauer, N., Tarkka, M.T., Buscot, F., Heintz-Buschart, A. (2021):
Distinct effects of host and neighbour tree identity on arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal fungi along a tree diversity gradient
ISME Commun. 1 , art. 40 10.1038/s43705-021-00042-y