Spatiotemporal dynamics reveal high turnover and contrasting assembly processes in fungal communities across contiguous habitats of tropical forests.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The variation in fungal community composition within a single habitat space has been extensively studied in forest ecosystems. However, the spatial and temporal distribution of fungi across contiguous habitats, particularly at a local scale and in tropical regions, remains underexplored. In this study, we examined the fungal community composition across multiple habitats proximal to each other over two seasons in seven Fagaceae species in Taiwanese broadleaf forests. We tested how local spatial scale and habitat influence community assembly.

Results

Using a metabarcoding approach, we sequenced ITS2 regions from 864 samples collected from four distinct habitats-leaves, twigs, litter, and soil. We identified 11,600 fungal amplicon sequence variants (ASVs), with comm

SUBMITTER: Lin CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11830174 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature