Drivers of fungal diversity and community biogeography differ between green roofs and adjacent ground-level green space.

ABSTRACT: Green roof soils are usually engineered for purposes other than urban biodiversity, which may impact their fungal communities, and in turn impact the health of plants in the urban ecosystem. We examined the drivers of fungal diversity and community composition in soil of green roofs and adjacent ground-level green spaces in three Midwestern USA cities-Chicago, Cleveland, and Minneapolis. Overall, fungal communities on green roofs were more diverse than ground-level green spaces and were correlated with plant cover (positively) and roof age (negatively) rather than abiotic soil properties. Fungal community composition was distinct between roof and ground environments, among cities, and between sampling sites, but green roofs and their immediately surrounding ground-level green space showed

SUBMITTER: Droz AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087955 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature