Environment and host as large-scale controls of ectomycorrhizal fungi

Sietse van der Linde (), Laura M. Suz, C. David L. Orme, Filipa Cox, Henning Andreae, Endla Asi, Bonnie Atkinson, Sue Benham, Christopher Carroll, Nathalie Cools, Bruno De Vos, Hans-Peter Dietrich, Johannes Eichhorn, Joachim Gehrmann, Tine Grebenc, Hyun S. Gweon, Karin Hansen, Frank Jacob, Ferdinand Kristöfel, Paweł Lech, Miklós Manninger, Jan Martin, Henning Meesenburg, Päivi Merilä, Manuel Nicolas, Pavel Pavlenda, Pasi Rautio, Marcus Schaub, Hans-Werner Schröck, Walter Seidling, Vít Šrámek, Anne Thimonier, Iben Margrete Thomsen, Hugues Titeux, Elena Vanguelova, Arne Verstraeten, Lars Vesterdal, Peter Waldner, Sture Wijk, Yuxin Zhang, Daniel Žlindra and Martin I. Bidartondo
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Sietse van der Linde: Imperial College London
Laura M. Suz: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
C. David L. Orme: Imperial College London
Filipa Cox: University of Manchester
Henning Andreae: Kompetenzzentrum Wald und Forstwirtschaft
Endla Asi: Estonian Environment Agency
Bonnie Atkinson: Imperial College London
Sue Benham: Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge
Christopher Carroll: Imperial College London
Nathalie Cools: Environment and Climate
Bruno De Vos: Environment and Climate
Hans-Peter Dietrich: Bavarian State Forestry Institute
Johannes Eichhorn: Northwest German Forest Research Institute
Joachim Gehrmann: Landesamt für Natur Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz Nordrhein-Westfalen
Tine Grebenc: Slovenian Forestry Institute
Hyun S. Gweon: University of Reading
Karin Hansen: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Frank Jacob: Staatsbetrieb Sachsenforst
Ferdinand Kristöfel: Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW)
Paweł Lech: Forest Research Institute
Miklós Manninger: NARIC Forest Research Institute
Jan Martin: Landesforstanstalt M-V BT: FVI
Henning Meesenburg: Northwest German Forest Research Institute
Päivi Merilä: Natural Resources Institute Finland
Manuel Nicolas: Office National des Forêts, Recherche-Développement-Innovation
Pavel Pavlenda: National Forest Centre
Pasi Rautio: Natural Resources Institute Finland
Marcus Schaub: WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Hans-Werner Schröck: Forschungsanstalt für Waldökologie und Forstwirtschaft
Walter Seidling: Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems
Vít Šrámek: Forestry and Game Management Research Institute
Anne Thimonier: WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Iben Margrete Thomsen: University of Copenhagen
Hugues Titeux: University of Louvain, Earth and Life Institute
Elena Vanguelova: Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge
Arne Verstraeten: Environment and Climate
Lars Vesterdal: University of Copenhagen
Peter Waldner: WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Sture Wijk: Swedish Forest Agency
Yuxin Zhang: Imperial College London
Daniel Žlindra: Slovenian Forestry Institute
Martin I. Bidartondo: Imperial College London

Nature, 2018, vol. 558, issue 7709, 243-248

Abstract: Abstract Explaining the large-scale diversity of soil organisms that drive biogeochemical processes—and their responses to environmental change—is critical. However, identifying consistent drivers of belowground diversity and abundance for some soil organisms at large spatial scales remains problematic. Here we investigate a major guild, the ectomycorrhizal fungi, across European forests at a spatial scale and resolution that is—to our knowledge—unprecedented, to explore key biotic and abiotic predictors of ectomycorrhizal diversity and to identify dominant responses and thresholds for change across complex environmental gradients. We show the effect of 38 host, environment, climate and geographical variables on ectomycorrhizal diversity, and define thresholds of community change for key variables. We quantify host specificity and reveal plasticity in functional traits involved in soil foraging across gradients. We conclude that environmental and host factors explain most of the variation in ectomycorrhizal diversity, that the environmental thresholds used as major ecosystem assessment tools need adjustment and that the importance of belowground specificity and plasticity has previously been underappreciated.

Date: 2018
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