ArticleMycorrhiza2017
Phylogenetic structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities along an elevation gradient.
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- Plant-microbe specificity varies as a function of elevation.The ISME journal · 2019Article
- Nestedness in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in a Volcanic Ecosystem: Selection of Disturbance-tolerant Fungi along an Elevation Gradient.Microbes and environments · 2019Article
- Species composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal communities changes with elevation in the Andes of South Ecuador.PloS one · 2019Article
- Large elevation and small host plant differences in the arbuscular mycorrhizal communities of montane and alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau.Mycorrhiza · 2018Article
- Belowground fungal community diversity and composition associated with Norway spruce along an altitudinal gradient.PloS one · 2018Article
- Fungal Communities Along a Small-Scale Elevational Gradient in an Alpine Tundra Are Determined by Soil Carbon Nitrogen Ratios.Frontiers in microbiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Despite the importance of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi within terrestrial ecosystems, we know little about how natural AM fungal communities are structured. To date, the majority of studies examining AM fungal community diversity have focused on single habitats with similar environmental conditions, with relatively few studies having assessed the diversity of AM fungi over large-scale environmental gradients. In this study, we characterized AM fungal communities in the soil along a high-elevation gradient in the North American Rocky Mountains. We focused on phylogenetic patterns of AM fungal communities to gain insight into how AM fungal communities are naturally assembled. We found that alpine AM fungal communities had lower phylogenetic diversity relative to lower elevation communities, as well as being more heterogeneous in composition than either treeline or subalpine communities. AM fungal communities were phylogenetically clustered at all elevations sampled, suggesting that environmental filtering, either selection by host plants or fungal niches, is the primary ecological process structuring communities along the gradient.
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