Changes in composition and abundance of functional groups of arctic fungi in response to long-term summer warming

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, abunda...

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Published in:Biology Letters
Main Authors: Geml, József, Semenova, Tatiana A., Morgado, Luis N., Welker, Jeffrey M.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2016
Subjects:
Special Feature
Arctic
Tundra
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5134034/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27881760
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0503
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Summary: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.

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