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A meta-analysis of global fungal distribution reveals climate-driven patterns

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  • Tomáš Větrovský

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Petr Kohout

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
    Charles University)

  • Martin Kopecký

    (Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences
    Czech University of Life Sciences Prague)

  • Antonin Machac

    (Charles University
    Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences
    University of Copenhagen
    University of British Columbia)

  • Matěj Man

    (Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Barbara Doreen Bahnmann

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Vendula Brabcová

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Jinlyung Choi

    (Iowa State University)

  • Lenka Meszárošová

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Zander Rainier Human

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Clémentine Lepinay

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Salvador Lladó

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Rubén López-Mondéjar

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Tijana Martinović

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Tereza Mašínová

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Daniel Morais

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Diana Navrátilová

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Iñaki Odriozola

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Martina Štursová

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Karel Švec

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Vojtěch Tláskal

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Michaela Urbanová

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Joe Wan

    (Stanford University)

  • Lucia Žifčáková

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Adina Howe

    (Iowa State University)

  • Joshua Ladau

    (Gladstone Institutes)

  • Kabir Gabriel Peay

    (Stanford University)

  • David Storch

    (Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences
    University of Copenhagen)

  • Jan Wild

    (Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Petr Baldrian

    (Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

The evolutionary and environmental factors that shape fungal biogeography are incompletely understood. Here, we assemble a large dataset consisting of previously generated mycobiome data linked to specific geographical locations across the world. We use this dataset to describe the distribution of fungal taxa and to look for correlations with different environmental factors such as climate, soil and vegetation variables. Our meta-study identifies climate as an important driver of different aspects of fungal biogeography, including the global distribution of common fungi as well as the composition and diversity of fungal communities. In our analysis, fungal diversity is concentrated at high latitudes, in contrast with the opposite pattern previously shown for plants and other organisms. Mycorrhizal fungi appear to have narrower climatic tolerances than pathogenic fungi. We speculate that climate change could affect ecosystem functioning because of the narrow climatic tolerances of key fungal taxa.

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  • Tomáš Větrovský & Petr Kohout & Martin Kopecký & Antonin Machac & Matěj Man & Barbara Doreen Bahnmann & Vendula Brabcová & Jinlyung Choi & Lenka Meszárošová & Zander Rainier Human & Clémentine Lepinay, 2019. "A meta-analysis of global fungal distribution reveals climate-driven patterns," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-13164-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13164-8
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