Soil Fungal Community Structure in Boreal Pine Forests: From Southern to Subarctic Areas of Finland
The boreal forest environment plays an important role in the global C cycle due to its high carbon storage capacity. However, relatively little is known about the forest fungal community at a regional scale in boreal forests. In the present study, we have re-analyzed the data from our previous studi...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b2d043753f70458c9201751a2c10bfe4 2023-05-15T18:28:10+02:00 Soil Fungal Community Structure in Boreal Pine Forests: From Southern to Subarctic Areas of Finland Zhao-Lei Qu Minna Santalahti Kajar Köster Frank Berninger Jukka Pumpanen Jussi Heinonsalo Hui Sun 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.653896 https://doaj.org/article/b2d043753f70458c9201751a2c10bfe4 EN eng Frontiers Media S.A. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.653896/full https://doaj.org/toc/1664-302X 1664-302X doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.653896 https://doaj.org/article/b2d043753f70458c9201751a2c10bfe4 Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol 12 (2021) boreal forest Scots pine fungal community structure community potential function geographical location Microbiology QR1-502 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.653896 2022-12-31T09:38:00Z The boreal forest environment plays an important role in the global C cycle due to its high carbon storage capacity. However, relatively little is known about the forest fungal community at a regional scale in boreal forests. In the present study, we have re-analyzed the data from our previous studies and highlighted the core fungal community composition and potential functional groups in three forests dominated by Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Finland, and identified the fungal generalists that appear across geographic locations despite differences in local conditions. The three forests represent subarctic, northern and southern boreal forest, and are all in an un-managed state without human interference or management. The subarctic and northern areas are subject to reindeer grazing. The results showed that the three locations formed distinct fungal community structures (P < 0.05). Compared to the two northern locations, the southern boreal forest harbored a greater abundance of Zygomycota, Lactarius, Mortierella Umbelopsis, and Tylospora, in which aspect there were no differences between the two northern forests. Cortinarius, Piloderma, and Suillus were the core fungal genera in the boreal Scots pine forest. Functionally, the southern boreal forest harbored a greater abundance of saprotroph, endophytes and fungal parasite-lichen, whereas a greater abundance of ectomycorrhizal fungi was observed in the northern boreal forests. Moreover, the pathotroph and wood saprotrophs were commonly present in these three regions. The three locations formed two distinct fungal community functional structures, by which the southern forest was clearly separated from the two northern forests, suggesting a distance–decay relationship via geographic location. This study provides useful information for better understanding the common fungal communities and functions in boreal forests in different geographical locations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Subarctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Frontiers in Microbiology 12 |
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The boreal forest environment plays an important role in the global C cycle due to its high carbon storage capacity. However, relatively little is known about the forest fungal community at a regional scale in boreal forests. In the present study, we have re-analyzed the data from our previous studies and highlighted the core fungal community composition and potential functional groups in three forests dominated by Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Finland, and identified the fungal generalists that appear across geographic locations despite differences in local conditions. The three forests represent subarctic, northern and southern boreal forest, and are all in an un-managed state without human interference or management. The subarctic and northern areas are subject to reindeer grazing. The results showed that the three locations formed distinct fungal community structures (P < 0.05). Compared to the two northern locations, the southern boreal forest harbored a greater abundance of Zygomycota, Lactarius, Mortierella Umbelopsis, and Tylospora, in which aspect there were no differences between the two northern forests. Cortinarius, Piloderma, and Suillus were the core fungal genera in the boreal Scots pine forest. Functionally, the southern boreal forest harbored a greater abundance of saprotroph, endophytes and fungal parasite-lichen, whereas a greater abundance of ectomycorrhizal fungi was observed in the northern boreal forests. Moreover, the pathotroph and wood saprotrophs were commonly present in these three regions. The three locations formed two distinct fungal community functional structures, by which the southern forest was clearly separated from the two northern forests, suggesting a distance–decay relationship via geographic location. This study provides useful information for better understanding the common fungal communities and functions in boreal forests in different geographical locations. |
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Soil Fungal Community Structure in Boreal Pine Forests: From Southern to Subarctic Areas of Finland |
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Soil Fungal Community Structure in Boreal Pine Forests: From Southern to Subarctic Areas of Finland |
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Soil Fungal Community Structure in Boreal Pine Forests: From Southern to Subarctic Areas of Finland |
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