Soil Fungal Community Structure in Boreal Pine Forests: From Southern to Subarctic Areas of Finland.

ABSTRACT: The boreal forest environment plays an important role in the global C cycle due to its high carbon storage capacity. However, relatively little is known about the forest fungal community at a regional scale in boreal forests. In the present study, we have re-analyzed the data from our previous studies and highlighted the core fungal community composition and potential functional groups in three forests dominated by Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Finland, and identified the fungal generalists that appear across geographic locations despite differences in local conditions. The three forests represent subarctic, northern and southern boreal forest, and are all in an un-managed state without human interference or management. The subarctic and northern areas are subject to reindeer

SUBMITTER: Qu ZL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8188478 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature