Authors
John Davison, Mari Moora, Marina Semchenko, Sakeenah Binte Adenan, Talaat Ahmed, Asem A Akhmetzhanova, Juha M Alatalo, Saleh Al‐Quraishy, Elena Andriyanova, Sten Anslan, Mohammad Bahram, Amgaa Batbaatar, Charlotte Brown, C Guillermo Bueno, James Cahill, Juan Jose Cantero, Brenda B Casper, Mikhail Cherosov, Saida Chideh, Ana P Coelho, Matthew Coghill, Guillaume Decocq, Sergey Dudov, Ezequiel Chimbioputo Fabiano, Vladimir E Fedosov, Lauchlan Fraser, Sydney I Glassman, Aveliina Helm, Hugh AL Henry, Bruno Herault, Indrek Hiiesalu, Inga Hiiesalu, Wael N Hozzein, Petr Kohout, Urmas Koljalg, Kadri Koorem, Lauri Laanisto, Ülo Mander, Ladislav Mucina, Jean‐Pierre Munyampundu, Lena Neuenkamp, Ülo Niinemets, Casper Nyamukondiwa, Jane Oja, Vladimir Onipchenko, Meelis Pärtel, Cherdchai Phosri, Sergei Polme, Kersti Püssa, Argo Ronk, Alessandro Saitta, Olivia Semboli, Siim‐Kaarel Sepp, Alexey Seregin, Surya Sudheer, Clara P Peña‐Venegas, Claudia Paz, Tanel Vahter, Martti Vasar, Annelies J Veraart, Leho Tedersoo, Martin Zobel, Maarja Öpik
Publication date
2021/7
Journal
New Phytologist
Volume
231
Issue
2
Pages
763-776
Description
- The arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are a globally distributed group of soil organisms that play critical roles in ecosystem function. However, the ecological niches of individual AM fungal taxa are poorly understood.
- We collected > 300 soil samples from natural ecosystems worldwide and modelled the realised niches of AM fungal virtual taxa (VT; approximately species‐level phylogroups).
- We found that environmental and spatial variables jointly explained VT distribution worldwide, with temperature and pH being the most important abiotic drivers, and spatial effects generally occurring at local to regional scales. While dispersal limitation could explain some variation in VT distribution, VT relative abundance was almost exclusively driven by environmental variables. Several environmental and spatial effects on VT distribution and relative abundance were correlated with phylogeny, indicating that closely related …
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