Changes in ectomycorrhizal fungal community composition and declining diversity along a 2-million-year soil chronosequence

• Published in: Molecular ecology Vol. 25; no. 19; pp. 4919 - 4929
• Main Authors: Albornoz, Felipe E., Teste, François P., Lambers, Hans, Bunce, Michael, Murray, Dáithí C., White, Nicole E., Laliberté, Etienne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2016
• Subjects: age of soil; Australia; Biodiversity; chronosequence; chronosequences; Community composition; community structure; Ecological succession; Ecosystem; ecosystem development; Ecosystems; ectomycorrhizae; ectomycorrhizas; Flowers & plants; fungal communities; Fungi; Herbivores; high-throughput sequencing; host plants; inoculum; Mycorrhizae - classification; Organic phosphorus; phosphorus; Phosphorus - chemistry; Plant communities; Plant species; Soil - chemistry; Soil fertility; soil formation; Soil Microbiology; Soil properties; vegetation; chronosequence; fungi; ecosystem development; high-throughput sequencing; ectomycorrhizas; phosphorus

Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal communities covary with host plant communities along soil fertility gradients, yet it is unclear whether this reflects changes in host composition, fungal edaphic specialization or priority effects during fungal community establishment. We grew two co‐occurring ECM plant...