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ArticleMicrobial ecology2021

Scale-Dependent Influences of Distance and Vegetation on the Composition of Aboveground and Belowground Tropical Fungal Communities.

André Boraks, Gregory M Plunkett, Thomas Morris Doro, Frazer Alo, Chanel Sam, Marika Tuiwawa, Tamara Ticktin, Anthony S Amend

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Article in Microbial ecology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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8 authors.

André BoraksDepartment of Botany, University of Hawai'i - Mānoa, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA. aboraks@hawaii.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3972-1887
Gregory M PlunkettNew York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY, 10458-5126, USA.
Thomas Morris DoroVanuatu National Herbarium - Vanuatu Department of Forestry, PMB 9064, Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
Frazer AloVanuatu National Herbarium - Vanuatu Department of Forestry, PMB 9064, Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
Chanel SamVanuatu National Herbarium - Vanuatu Department of Forestry, PMB 9064, Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
Marika TuiwawaSouth Pacific Regional Herbarium, University of the South Pacific, Private Mail Bag, Laucala Campus, Suva, Fiji Islands.
Tamara TicktinDepartment of Botany, University of Hawai'i - Mānoa, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA.
Anthony S AmendDepartment of Botany, University of Hawai'i - Mānoa, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA.

Funding

National Science Foundation 1555657National Science Foundation (US) 1555793
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fungi provide essential ecosystem services and engage in a variety of symbiotic relationships with trees. In this study, we investigate the spatial relationship of trees and fungi at a community level. We characterized the spatial dynamics for above- and belowground fungi using a series of forest monitoring plots, at nested spatial scales, located in the tropical South Pacific, in Vanuatu. Fungal communities from different habitats were sampled using metagenomic analysis of the nuclear ribosomal ITS1 region. Fungal communities exhibited strong distance-decay of similarity across our entire sampling range (3-110,000 m) and also at small spatial scales (< 50 m). Unexpectedly, this pattern was inverted at an intermediate scale (3.7-26 km). At large scales (80-110 km), belowground and aboveground fungal communities responded inversely to increasing geographic distance. Aboveground fungal community turnover (beta diversity) was best explained, at all scales, by geographic distance. In contrast, belowground fungal community turnover was best explained by geographic distance at small scales and tree community composition at large scales. Fungal communities from various habitats respond differently to the influences of habitat and geographic distance. At large geographic distances (80-110 km), community turnover for aboveground fungi is better explained by spatial distance, whereas community turnover for belowground fungi is better explained by plant community turnover. Future syntheses of spatial dynamics among fungal communities must explicitly consider geographic scale to appropriately contextualize community turnover.

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EcosystemMycobiomeBiodiversityFungiSoil MicrobiologyTreesCommunityDistance–decay of similarityFungiSpatial scaleTreeVanuatu

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