Data from: Environment and host as large-scale controls of ectomycorrhizal fungi
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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. Fasta files for European ECM SvanderLinde et al. Naturefasta file with all unfiltered sequences from: Environmental and host as large-scale controls of ectomycorrhizal fungi. S. van der Linde et al. NatureSvanderLindeEuropeanECMcomplete.fasta.gzSvanderLindeEuropeanECMcomplete.qualQuality file for all unfiltered sequences from: Environmental and host as large-scale controls of ectomycorrhizal fungi. S. van der Linde et al. Nature| Datum ter beschikking | 01/05/2019 |
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| Uitgeverij | DRYAD |
| Geografische dekking | Europe |
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Auteurs
Sietse van der LindeLaura 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 Germann
Tine Grebenc
Hyun S. Gweon
Karin Hansen
Frank Jacob
Ferdinand Kristöfel
Pawel Lech
Miklos Manninger
Jan Martin
Henning Meesenburg
Päivi Merilä
Manuel Nicolas
Pavel Pavlenda
Pasi Rautio
Marcus Schaub
Hans-Werner Schröck
Walter Seidling
Vit Sramek
Anne Thimonier
Iben Margrete Thomsen
Hugues Titeux
Elena Vanguelova
Arne Verstraeten
Lars Versterdal
Peter Waldner
Sture Wijk
Yuxin Zhang
Daniel Zlindra
Martin I. Bidartondo