Latitudinal variation in soil nematode communities under climate warming-related range-expanding and native plants.

ABSTRACT: Current climate change has led to latitudinal and altitudinal range expansions of numerous species. During such range expansions, plant species are expected to experience changes in interactions with other organisms, especially with belowground biota that have a limited dispersal capacity. Nematodes form a key component of the belowground food web as they include bacterivores, fungivores, omnivores and root herbivores. However, their community composition under climate change-driven intracontinental range-expanding plants has been studied almost exclusively under controlled conditions, whereas little is known about actual patterns in the field. Here, we use novel molecular sequencing techniques combined with morphological quantification in order to examine nematode communities in the rhizo

SUBMITTER: Wilschut RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6617783 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature