Supplementary material from “Changes in composition and abundance of functional groups of Arctic fungi in response to long-term summer warming”

• Main Authors: Geml, József, Semenova, Tatiana A., Morgado, Luis N., Welker, Jeffrey M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Figshare 2016
• Subjects: Ecology; FOS Biological sciences; Arctic; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3573225.v1; https://figshare.com/collections/Supplementary_material_from_Changes_in_composition_and_abundance_of_functional_groups_of_Arctic_fungi_in_response_to_long-term_summer_warming_/3573225/1

We characterized fungal communities in dry and moist tundra and investigated the effect of long-term experimental summer warming on three aspects of functional groups of arctic fungi: richness, community composition and species abundance. Warming had profound effects on community composition, abundance, and, to a lesser extent, on richness of fungal functional groups. In addition, our data show that even within functional groups, the direction and extent of response to warming tend to be species-specific and we recommend that studies on fungal communities and their roles in nutrient cycling take into account species-level responses.