Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees influence the latitudinal beta-diversity gradient of tree communities in forests worldwide

Yonglin Zhong, Chengjin Chu (), Jonathan A. Myers, Gregory S. Gilbert, James A. Lutz, Jonas Stillhard, Kai Zhu, Jill Thompson, Jennifer L. Baltzer, Fangliang He, Joseph A. LaManna, Stuart J. Davies, Kristina J. Aderson-Teixeira, David F.R.P. Burslem, Alfonso Alonso, Kuo-Jung Chao, Xugao Wang, Lianming Gao, David A. Orwig, Xue Yin, Xinghua Sui, Zhiyao Su, Iveren Abiem, Pulchérie Bissiengou, Norm Bourg, Nathalie Butt, Min Cao, Chia-Hao Chang-Yang, Wei-Chun Chao, Hazel Chapman, Yu-Yun Chen, David A. Coomes, Susan Cordell, Alexandre A. de Oliveira, Hu Du, Suqin Fang, Christian P. Giardina, Zhanqing Hao, Andrew Hector, Stephen P. Hubbell, David Janík, Patrick A. Jansen, Mingxi Jiang, Guangze Jin, David Kenfack, Kamil Král, Andrew J. Larson, Buhang Li, Xiankun Li, Yide Li, Juyu Lian, Luxiang Lin, Feng Liu, Yankun Liu, Yu Liu, Fuchen Luan, Yahuang Luo, Keping Ma, Yadvinder Malhi, Sean M. McMahon, William McShea, Hervé Memiaghe, Xiangcheng Mi, Mike Morecroft, Vojtech Novotny, Michael J. O’Brien, Jan den Ouden, Geoffrey G. Parker, Xiujuan Qiao, Haibao Ren, Glen Reynolds, Pavel Samonil, Weiguo Sang, Guochun Shen, Zhiqiang Shen, Guo-Zhang Michael Song, I-Fang Sun, Hui Tang, Songyan Tian, Amanda L. Uowolo, María Uriarte, Bin Wang, Xihua Wang, Youshi Wang, George D. Weiblen, Zhihong Wu, Nianxun Xi, Wusheng Xiang, Han Xu, Kun Xu, Wanhui Ye, Mingjian Yu, Fuping Zeng, Minhua Zhang, Yingming Zhang, Li Zhu and Jess K. Zimmerman
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Yonglin Zhong: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
Chengjin Chu: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
Jonathan A. Myers: Washington University in St. Louis
Gregory S. Gilbert: University of California
James A. Lutz: Wildland Resources Department, Utah State University
Jonas Stillhard: Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Forest Resources and Management
Kai Zhu: University of California
Jill Thompson: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Bush Estate
Jennifer L. Baltzer: Wilfrid Laurier University
Fangliang He: University of Alberta
Joseph A. LaManna: Marquette University
Stuart J. Davies: Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Kristina J. Aderson-Teixeira: Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
David F.R.P. Burslem: School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen
Alfonso Alonso: Center for Conservation and Sustainability, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park
Kuo-Jung Chao: International Master Program of Agriculture, National Chung Hsing University
Xugao Wang: CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lianming Gao: CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
David A. Orwig: Harvard Forest, Harvard University
Xue Yin: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
Xinghua Sui: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
Zhiyao Su: College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University
Iveren Abiem: University of Jos
Pulchérie Bissiengou: Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique
Norm Bourg: Conservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park
Nathalie Butt: School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland
Min Cao: CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chia-Hao Chang-Yang: National Sun Yat-sen University
Wei-Chun Chao: National Chiayi University
Hazel Chapman: School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury
Yu-Yun Chen: National Dong Hwa University
David A. Coomes: University of Cambridge
Susan Cordell: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service
Alexandre A. de Oliveira: Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Cidade Universitária
Hu Du: Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Suqin Fang: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
Christian P. Giardina: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service
Zhanqing Hao: School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Andrew Hector: University of Oxford
Stephen P. Hubbell: University of California, Los Angeles
David Janík: Silva Tarouca Research Institute
Patrick A. Jansen: Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Mingxi Jiang: Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangze Jin: Center for Ecological Research, Northeast Forestry University
David Kenfack: Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Kamil Král: Silva Tarouca Research Institute
Andrew J. Larson: Wilderness Institute and Department of Forest Management, University of Montana
Buhang Li: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
Xiankun Li: Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yide Li: Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry
Juyu Lian: Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Luxiang Lin: CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Feng Liu: The Administrative Bureau of Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve
Yankun Liu: Heilongjiang Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Forestry Ecological Engineering, Heilongjiang Forestry Engineering and Environment Institute
Yu Liu: ECNU-Alberta Joint Lab for Biodiversity Study, Tiantong National Station for Forest Ecosystem Research, East China Normal University
Fuchen Luan: Guangdong Chebaling National Nature Reserve
Yahuang Luo: CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Keping Ma: State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yadvinder Malhi: Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
Sean M. McMahon: Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
William McShea: Conservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park
Hervé Memiaghe: Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique
Xiangcheng Mi: State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mike Morecroft: Natural England
Vojtech Novotny: Biology Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology and the University of South Bohemia
Michael J. O’Brien: Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles
Jan den Ouden: Forest Ecology and Management Group, Wageningen University
Geoffrey G. Parker: Forest Ecology Group, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Xiujuan Qiao: Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Haibao Ren: State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Glen Reynolds: Southeast Asia Rainforest Research Partnership, Danum Valley Field Centre
Pavel Samonil: Silva Tarouca Research Institute
Weiguo Sang: College of Life and Environmental Science, Minzu University of China
Guochun Shen: Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University
Zhiqiang Shen: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
Guo-Zhang Michael Song: National Chung Hsing University
I-Fang Sun: National Dong Hwa University
Hui Tang: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
Songyan Tian: Heilongjiang Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Forestry Ecological Engineering, Heilongjiang Forestry Engineering and Environment Institute
Amanda L. Uowolo: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service
María Uriarte: Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University
Bin Wang: Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xihua Wang: Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University
Youshi Wang: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
George D. Weiblen: University of Minnesota
Zhihong Wu: Guangdong Chebaling National Nature Reserve
Nianxun Xi: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
Wusheng Xiang: Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences
Han Xu: Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry
Kun Xu: Yunnan Lijiang Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Kunming Instituted of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wanhui Ye: Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mingjian Yu: MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University
Fuping Zeng: Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Minhua Zhang: ECNU-Alberta Joint Lab for Biodiversity Study, Tiantong National Station for Forest Ecosystem Research, East China Normal University
Yingming Zhang: Guangdong Chebaling National Nature Reserve
Li Zhu: State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jess K. Zimmerman: University of Puerto Rico

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (EcM) associations are critical for host-tree performance. However, how mycorrhizal associations correlate with the latitudinal tree beta-diversity remains untested. Using a global dataset of 45 forest plots representing 2,804,270 trees across 3840 species, we test how AM and EcM trees contribute to total beta-diversity and its components (turnover and nestedness) of all trees. We find AM rather than EcM trees predominantly contribute to decreasing total beta-diversity and turnover and increasing nestedness with increasing latitude, probably because wide distributions of EcM trees do not generate strong compositional differences among localities. Environmental variables, especially temperature and precipitation, are strongly correlated with beta-diversity patterns for both AM trees and all trees rather than EcM trees. Results support our hypotheses that latitudinal beta-diversity patterns and environmental effects on these patterns are highly dependent on mycorrhizal types. Our findings highlight the importance of AM-dominated forests for conserving global forest biodiversity.

Date: 2021
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