A meta-analysis of global fungal distribution reveals climate-driven patterns

Tomáš Větrovský, Petr Kohout, Martin Kopecký, Antonin Machac, Matěj Man, Barbara Doreen Bahnmann, Vendula Brabcová, Jinlyung Choi, Lenka Meszárošová, Zander Rainier Human, Clémentine Lepinay, Salvador Lladó, Rubén López-Mondéjar, Tijana Martinović, Tereza Mašínová, Daniel Morais, Diana Navrátilová, Iñaki Odriozola, Martina Štursová, Karel Švec, Vojtěch Tláskal, Michaela Urbanová, Joe Wan, Lucia Žifčáková, Adina Howe, Joshua Ladau, Kabir Gabriel Peay, David Storch, Jan Wild and Petr Baldrian ()
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Tomáš Větrovský: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Petr Kohout: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Martin Kopecký: Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Antonin Machac: Charles University
Matěj Man: Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Barbara Doreen Bahnmann: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Vendula Brabcová: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Jinlyung Choi: Iowa State University
Lenka Meszárošová: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Zander Rainier Human: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Clémentine Lepinay: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Salvador Lladó: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Rubén López-Mondéjar: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Tijana Martinović: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Tereza Mašínová: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Daniel Morais: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Diana Navrátilová: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Iñaki Odriozola: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Martina Štursová: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Karel Švec: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Vojtěch Tláskal: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Michaela Urbanová: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Joe Wan: Stanford University
Lucia Žifčáková: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Adina Howe: Iowa State University
Joshua Ladau: Gladstone Institutes
Kabir Gabriel Peay: Stanford University
David Storch: Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences
Jan Wild: Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Petr Baldrian: Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract The evolutionary and environmental factors that shape fungal biogeography are incompletely understood. Here, we assemble a large dataset consisting of previously generated mycobiome data linked to specific geographical locations across the world. We use this dataset to describe the distribution of fungal taxa and to look for correlations with different environmental factors such as climate, soil and vegetation variables. Our meta-study identifies climate as an important driver of different aspects of fungal biogeography, including the global distribution of common fungi as well as the composition and diversity of fungal communities. In our analysis, fungal diversity is concentrated at high latitudes, in contrast with the opposite pattern previously shown for plants and other organisms. Mycorrhizal fungi appear to have narrower climatic tolerances than pathogenic fungi. We speculate that climate change could affect ecosystem functioning because of the narrow climatic tolerances of key fungal taxa.

Date: 2019
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