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Leho Tedersoo1, Mohammad Bahram2, Sergei Põlme3, Urmas Kõljalg2, Nourou S Yorou4, Ravi Wijesundera5, Luis Villarreal Ruiz6, Aída M Vasco-Palacios7, Pham Quang Thu8, Ave Suija2, Matthew E Smith9, Cathy Sharp10, Erki Saluveer2, Alessandro Saitta11, Miguel Rosas12, Taavi Riit2, David Ratkowsky13, Karin Pritsch14, Kadri Põldmaa2, Meike Piepenbring12, Cherdchai Phosri15, Marko Peterson2, Kaarin Parts2, Kadri Pärtel2, Eveli Otsing2, Eduardo Nouhra16, André L Njouonkou17, R Henrik Nilsson18, Luis N Morgado19, Jordan Mayor20, Tom W May21, Luiza Majuakim22, D Jean Lodge23, Su See Lee24, Karl-Henrik Larsson25, Petr Kohout2, Kentaro Hosaka26, Indrek Hiiesalu2, Terry W Henkel27, Helery Harend2, Liang-dong Guo28, Alina Greslebin29, Gwen Grelet30, Jozsef Geml19, Genevieve Gates13, William Dunstan31, Chris Dunk20, Rein Drenkhan32, John Dearnaley33, André De Kesel34, Tan Dang8, Xin Chen35, Franz Buegger14, Francis Q Brearley36, Gregory Bonito21, Sten Anslan2, Sandra Abell37, Kessy Abarenkov3.
Abstract
Fungi play major roles in ecosystem processes, but the determinants of fungal diversity and biogeographic patterns remain poorly understood. Using DNA metabarcoding data from hundreds of globally distributed soil samples, we demonstrate that fungal richness is decoupled from plant diversity. The plant-to-fungus richness ratio declines exponentially toward the poles. Climatic factors, followed by edaphic and spatial variables, constitute the best predictors of fungal richness and community composition at the global scale. Fungi show similar latitudinal diversity gradients to other organisms, with several notable exceptions. These findings advance our understanding of global fungal diversity patterns and permit integration of fungi into a general macroecological framework.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID： 25430773 DOI： 10.1126/science.1256688
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728