Functional land-use change effects on soil fungal communities in Chilean temperate rainforests

By reducing soil organic matter and litter input, land-use changes are predicted to decrease total soil fungal diversity, but at functional levels this have been poorly studied. It is expected, though, that increasing disturbance decreases saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi biodiversity. This study...

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Autores principales: Marín,César, Godoy,Roberto, Valenzuela,Eduardo, Schloter,Michael, Wubet,Tesfaye, Boy,Jens, Gschwendtner,Silvia
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Publicado: Chilean Society of Soil Science / Sociedad Chilena de la Ciencia del Suelo 2017
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-951620170004000112017-12-20Functional land-use change effects on soil fungal communities in Chilean temperate rainforestsMarín,CésarGodoy,RobertoValenzuela,EduardoSchloter,MichaelWubet,TesfayeBoy,JensGschwendtner,Silvia Ectomycorrhizal fungi functional biodiversity land-use change Nothofagus forest plant pathogenic fungi saprotrophic fungi By reducing soil organic matter and litter input, land-use changes are predicted to decrease total soil fungal diversity, but at functional levels this have been poorly studied. It is expected, though, that increasing disturbance decreases saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi biodiversity. This study aimed to determine the effects of land-use changes on the phylogenetic and functional diversity of soil fungi in the Southern Andes. We assessed the fungal communities of Andosol topsoil at 1 cm and 10 cm soil depth. The soil samples were obtained from a gradient of anthropogenic disturbance; specifically, plots were located within pristine forest, overstory-managed, and clear-cut conditions. We used a cultivation-independent molecular barcoding approach to assess fungal diversity and identify 1,173 OTUs from which 401 were assigned to a functional guild. While we found higher phylogenetic richness in clear-cut conditions, these soils had higher relative abundances of plant pathogen fungi and lower relative abundances of saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal fungi compared to the other treatments. The opposite pattern was found in pristine forest. Thus, fungal species richness itself does not seem to reflect ecosystem health. Interestingly though, the lower phylogenetic diversity found in pristine forest was compensated by a higher diversity of fungi involved in nutrient cycling.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessChilean Society of Soil Science / Sociedad Chilena de la Ciencia del SueloJournal of soil science and plant nutrition v.17 n.4 20172017-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-95162017000400011en10.4067/S0718-95162017000400011
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Ectomycorrhizal fungi
functional biodiversity
land-use change
Nothofagus forest
plant pathogenic fungi
saprotrophic fungi
spellingShingle Ectomycorrhizal fungi
functional biodiversity
land-use change
Nothofagus forest
plant pathogenic fungi
saprotrophic fungi
Marín,César
Godoy,Roberto
Valenzuela,Eduardo
Schloter,Michael
Wubet,Tesfaye
Boy,Jens
Gschwendtner,Silvia
Functional land-use change effects on soil fungal communities in Chilean temperate rainforests
description By reducing soil organic matter and litter input, land-use changes are predicted to decrease total soil fungal diversity, but at functional levels this have been poorly studied. It is expected, though, that increasing disturbance decreases saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi biodiversity. This study aimed to determine the effects of land-use changes on the phylogenetic and functional diversity of soil fungi in the Southern Andes. We assessed the fungal communities of Andosol topsoil at 1 cm and 10 cm soil depth. The soil samples were obtained from a gradient of anthropogenic disturbance; specifically, plots were located within pristine forest, overstory-managed, and clear-cut conditions. We used a cultivation-independent molecular barcoding approach to assess fungal diversity and identify 1,173 OTUs from which 401 were assigned to a functional guild. While we found higher phylogenetic richness in clear-cut conditions, these soils had higher relative abundances of plant pathogen fungi and lower relative abundances of saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal fungi compared to the other treatments. The opposite pattern was found in pristine forest. Thus, fungal species richness itself does not seem to reflect ecosystem health. Interestingly though, the lower phylogenetic diversity found in pristine forest was compensated by a higher diversity of fungi involved in nutrient cycling.
author Marín,César
Godoy,Roberto
Valenzuela,Eduardo
Schloter,Michael
Wubet,Tesfaye
Boy,Jens
Gschwendtner,Silvia
author_facet Marín,César
Godoy,Roberto
Valenzuela,Eduardo
Schloter,Michael
Wubet,Tesfaye
Boy,Jens
Gschwendtner,Silvia
author_sort Marín,César
title Functional land-use change effects on soil fungal communities in Chilean temperate rainforests
title_short Functional land-use change effects on soil fungal communities in Chilean temperate rainforests
title_full Functional land-use change effects on soil fungal communities in Chilean temperate rainforests
title_fullStr Functional land-use change effects on soil fungal communities in Chilean temperate rainforests
title_full_unstemmed Functional land-use change effects on soil fungal communities in Chilean temperate rainforests
title_sort functional land-use change effects on soil fungal communities in chilean temperate rainforests
publisher Chilean Society of Soil Science / Sociedad Chilena de la Ciencia del Suelo
publishDate 2017
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-95162017000400011
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