Relationship between Species Richness, Biomass and Structure of Vegetation and Mycobiota along an Altitudinal Transect in the Polar Urals
Aboveground species richness patterns of vascular plants, aphyllophoroid macrofungi, bryophytes and lichens were compared along an altitudinal gradient (80–310 m a.s.l.) on the Slantsevaya mountain at the eastern macroslope of the Polar Urals (Russia). Five altitudinal levels were included in the st...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:015aa31e16f34b0ba76242627959be37 2023-05-15T18:39:59+02:00 Relationship between Species Richness, Biomass and Structure of Vegetation and Mycobiota along an Altitudinal Transect in the Polar Urals Anton G. Shiryaev Ursula Peintner Vladimir V. Elsakov Svetlana Yu. Sokovnina Denis A. Kosolapov Olga S. Shiryaeva Nadezhda M. Devi Andrei A. Grigoriev 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/jof6040353 https://doaj.org/article/015aa31e16f34b0ba76242627959be37 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/6/4/353 https://doaj.org/toc/2309-608X doi:10.3390/jof6040353 2309-608X https://doaj.org/article/015aa31e16f34b0ba76242627959be37 Journal of Fungi, Vol 6, Iss 353, p 353 (2020) biodiversity fungal ecology climatic gradient productivity flora lichen Biology (General) QH301-705.5 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/jof6040353 2022-12-31T04:02:32Z Aboveground species richness patterns of vascular plants, aphyllophoroid macrofungi, bryophytes and lichens were compared along an altitudinal gradient (80–310 m a.s.l.) on the Slantsevaya mountain at the eastern macroslope of the Polar Urals (Russia). Five altitudinal levels were included in the study: (1) Northern boreal forest with larch-spruce in the Sob’ river valley habitats; (2–3) two levels of closed, northern boreal, larch-dominated forests on the slopes; (4) crook-stemmed forest; (5) tundra habitats above the timberline. Vascular plant or bryophyte species richness was not affected by altitudinal levels, but lichen species richness significantly increased from the river valley to the tundra. For aphyllophoroid macrofungi, species richness was highest at intermediate and low altitudes, and poorest in the tundra. These results indicate a positive ecotone effect on aphyllophoroid fungal species richness. The species richness of aphyllophoroid fungi as a whole was neither correlated to mortmass stocks, nor to species richness of vascular plants, but individual ecological or morphological groups depended on these parameters. Poroid fungal species richness was positively correlated to tree age, wood biomass and crown density, and therefore peaked in the middle of the slope and at the foot of the mountain. In contrast, clavarioid fungal species richness was negatively related to woody bio- and mortmass, and therefore peaked in the tundra. This altitudinal level was characterized by high biomass proportions of lichens and mosses, and by high litter mortmass. The proportion of corticoid fungi increased with altitude, reaching its maximum at the timberline. Results from the different methods used in this work were concordant, and showed significant patterns. Tundra communities differ significantly from the forest communities, as is also confirmed by nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) analyses based on the spectrum of morphological and ecological groups of aphyllophoroid fungi. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Slantsevaya ENVELOPE(97.232,97.232,78.886,78.886) Sob’ ENVELOPE(66.156,66.156,66.322,66.322) Journal of Fungi 6 4 353 |
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Aboveground species richness patterns of vascular plants, aphyllophoroid macrofungi, bryophytes and lichens were compared along an altitudinal gradient (80–310 m a.s.l.) on the Slantsevaya mountain at the eastern macroslope of the Polar Urals (Russia). Five altitudinal levels were included in the study: (1) Northern boreal forest with larch-spruce in the Sob’ river valley habitats; (2–3) two levels of closed, northern boreal, larch-dominated forests on the slopes; (4) crook-stemmed forest; (5) tundra habitats above the timberline. Vascular plant or bryophyte species richness was not affected by altitudinal levels, but lichen species richness significantly increased from the river valley to the tundra. For aphyllophoroid macrofungi, species richness was highest at intermediate and low altitudes, and poorest in the tundra. These results indicate a positive ecotone effect on aphyllophoroid fungal species richness. The species richness of aphyllophoroid fungi as a whole was neither correlated to mortmass stocks, nor to species richness of vascular plants, but individual ecological or morphological groups depended on these parameters. Poroid fungal species richness was positively correlated to tree age, wood biomass and crown density, and therefore peaked in the middle of the slope and at the foot of the mountain. In contrast, clavarioid fungal species richness was negatively related to woody bio- and mortmass, and therefore peaked in the tundra. This altitudinal level was characterized by high biomass proportions of lichens and mosses, and by high litter mortmass. The proportion of corticoid fungi increased with altitude, reaching its maximum at the timberline. Results from the different methods used in this work were concordant, and showed significant patterns. Tundra communities differ significantly from the forest communities, as is also confirmed by nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) analyses based on the spectrum of morphological and ecological groups of aphyllophoroid fungi. |
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Anton G. Shiryaev Ursula Peintner Vladimir V. Elsakov Svetlana Yu. Sokovnina Denis A. Kosolapov Olga S. Shiryaeva Nadezhda M. Devi Andrei A. Grigoriev |
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Anton G. Shiryaev Ursula Peintner Vladimir V. Elsakov Svetlana Yu. Sokovnina Denis A. Kosolapov Olga S. Shiryaeva Nadezhda M. Devi Andrei A. Grigoriev |
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Relationship between Species Richness, Biomass and Structure of Vegetation and Mycobiota along an Altitudinal Transect in the Polar Urals |
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Relationship between Species Richness, Biomass and Structure of Vegetation and Mycobiota along an Altitudinal Transect in the Polar Urals |
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Relationship between Species Richness, Biomass and Structure of Vegetation and Mycobiota along an Altitudinal Transect in the Polar Urals |
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Relationship between Species Richness, Biomass and Structure of Vegetation and Mycobiota along an Altitudinal Transect in the Polar Urals |
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Relationship between Species Richness, Biomass and Structure of Vegetation and Mycobiota along an Altitudinal Transect in the Polar Urals |
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relationship between species richness, biomass and structure of vegetation and mycobiota along an altitudinal transect in the polar urals |
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