Global diversity and geography of soil fungi
Journal article, 2014
Fungi play major roles in ecosystem processes, but the determinants of fungal diversity and biogeographic patterns remain poorly understood. Using DNA metabarcoding data from hundreds of globally distributed soil samples, we demonstrate that fungal richness is decoupled from plant diversity. The plant-to-fungus richness ratio declines exponentially toward the poles. Climatic factors, followed by edaphic and spatial variables, constitute the best predictors of fungal richness and community composition at the global scale. Fungi show similar latitudinal diversity gradients to other organisms, with several notable exceptions. These findings advance our understanding of global fungal diversity patterns and permit integration of fungi into a general macroecological framework.
ecology
functional traits
biogeography
biodiversity
macroecology
global change
Fungi
distribution
Author
Leho Tedersoo
Mohammad Bahram
Sergei Põlme
Urmas Kõljalg
Nourou S. Yorou
Ravi Wijesundera
Luis Villarreal Ruiz
Aída M. Vasco-Palacios
Pham Quang Thu
Ave Suija
Matthew E. Smith
Cathy Sharp
Erki Saluveer
Alessandro Saitta
Miguel Rosas
Taavi Riit
David Ratkowsky
Karin Pritsch
Kadri Põldmaa
Meike Piepenbring
Cherdchai Phosri
Marko Peterson
Kaarin Parts
Kadri Pärtel
Eveli Otsing
Eduardo Nouhra
André L. Njouonkou
R. Henrik Nilsson
University of Gothenburg
Luis N. Morgado
Jordan Mayor
Tom W. May
Luiza Majuakim
D. Jean Lodge
Su See Lee
Karl-Henrik Larsson
Petr Kohout
Kentaro Hosaka
Indrek Hiiesalu
Terry W. Henkel
Helery Harend
Liang-dong Guo
Alina Greslebin
Gwen Grelet
Jozsef Geml
Genevieve Gates
William Dunstan
Chris Dunk
Rein Drenkhan
John Dearnaley
André De Kesel
Tan Dang
Xin Chen
Franz Buegger
Francis Q. Brearley
Gregory Bonito
Sten Anslan
Sandra Abell
Kessy Abarenkov
Science
0036-8075 (ISSN) 1095-9203 (eISSN)
Vol. 346 6213 artikel nr 1256688-Subject Categories
Botany
Biological Systematics
Soil Science
Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use
Ecology
Microbiology
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
DOI
10.1126/science.1256688