Belowground fungal community diversity and composition associated with Norway spruce along an altitudinal gradient.

ABSTRACT: Altitudinal gradients provide valuable information about the effects of environmental variables on changes in species richness and composition as well as the distribution of below ground fungal communities. Since most knowledge in this respect has been gathered on aboveground communities, we focused our study towards the characterization of belowground fungal communities associated with two different ages of Norway spruce (Picea abies) trees along an altitudinal gradient. By sequencing the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region on the Illumina platform, we investigated the fungal communities in a floristically and geologically relatively well explored forest on the slope of Mt. Iseler of the Bavarian Alps. From fine roots and rhizosphere of a total of 90 of Norway spruce trees from 18 pl

SUBMITTER: Schon ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6281267 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature