Different spatial structure of plant-associated fungal communities above- and belowground.

ABSTRACT: The distribution and community assembly of above- and belowground microbial communities associated with individual plants remain poorly understood, despite its consequences for plant-microbe interactions and plant health. Depending on how microbial communities are structured, we can expect different effects of the microbial community on the health of individual plants and on ecosystem processes. Importantly, the relative role of different factors will likely differ with the scale examined. Here, we address the driving factors at a landscape level, where each individual unit (oak trees) is accessible to a joint species pool. This allowed to quantify the relative effect of environmental factors and dispersal on the distribution of two types of fungal communities: those associated with the le

SUBMITTER: Faticov M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200691 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature