Tropical tree ectomycorrhiza are distributed independently of soil nutrients
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2024-01-01
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2397334X
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85182865325
Journal Title
Nature Ecology and Evolution
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Bibliographic Citation
Nature Ecology and Evolution (2024)
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Medina-Vega J.A., Zuleta D., Aguilar S., Alonso A., Bissiengou P., Brockelman W.Y., Bunyavejchewin S., Burslem D.F.R.P., Castaño N., Chave J., Dalling J.W., de Oliveira A.A., Duque Á., Ediriweera S., Ewango C.E.N., Filip J., Hubbell S.P., Itoh A., Kiratiprayoon S., Lum S.K.Y., Makana J.R., Memiaghe H., Mitre D., Mohamad M.B., Nathalang A., Nilus R., Nkongolo N.V., Novotny V., O’Brien M.J., Pérez R., Pongpattananurak N., Reynolds G., Russo S.E., Tan S., Thompson J., Uriarte M., Valencia R., Vicentini A., Yao T.L., Zimmerman J.K., Davies S.J. Tropical tree ectomycorrhiza are distributed independently of soil nutrients. Nature Ecology and Evolution (2024). doi:10.1038/s41559-023-02298-0 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/95710
Title
Tropical tree ectomycorrhiza are distributed independently of soil nutrients
Author(s)
Medina-Vega J.A.
Zuleta D.
Aguilar S.
Alonso A.
Bissiengou P.
Brockelman W.Y.
Bunyavejchewin S.
Burslem D.F.R.P.
Castaño N.
Chave J.
Dalling J.W.
de Oliveira A.A.
Duque Á.
Ediriweera S.
Ewango C.E.N.
Filip J.
Hubbell S.P.
Itoh A.
Kiratiprayoon S.
Lum S.K.Y.
Makana J.R.
Memiaghe H.
Mitre D.
Mohamad M.B.
Nathalang A.
Nilus R.
Nkongolo N.V.
Novotny V.
O’Brien M.J.
Pérez R.
Pongpattananurak N.
Reynolds G.
Russo S.E.
Tan S.
Thompson J.
Uriarte M.
Valencia R.
Vicentini A.
Yao T.L.
Zimmerman J.K.
Davies S.J.
Zuleta D.
Aguilar S.
Alonso A.
Bissiengou P.
Brockelman W.Y.
Bunyavejchewin S.
Burslem D.F.R.P.
Castaño N.
Chave J.
Dalling J.W.
de Oliveira A.A.
Duque Á.
Ediriweera S.
Ewango C.E.N.
Filip J.
Hubbell S.P.
Itoh A.
Kiratiprayoon S.
Lum S.K.Y.
Makana J.R.
Memiaghe H.
Mitre D.
Mohamad M.B.
Nathalang A.
Nilus R.
Nkongolo N.V.
Novotny V.
O’Brien M.J.
Pérez R.
Pongpattananurak N.
Reynolds G.
Russo S.E.
Tan S.
Thompson J.
Uriarte M.
Valencia R.
Vicentini A.
Yao T.L.
Zimmerman J.K.
Davies S.J.
Author's Affiliation
Osaka Metropolitan University
Université de Kisangani
Asian School of the Environment
Uva Wellassa University
Institute of Amazonian Research-Sinchi
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Columbia University
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia
University of California, Los Angeles
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
National Zoo
Kasetsart University
Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia
University of Aberdeen
Forest Research Centre - Sandakan
Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
School of Biological Sciences
Thammasat University
Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University
Jihočeská Univerzita v Českých Budějovicích
Universidade de São Paulo
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Thailand National Science and Technology Development Agency
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
CSIC - Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA)
Sarawak Forestry Department
Institut Facultaire des Sciences Agronomiques (IFA) de Yangambi
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique
Herbier National du Gabon
Southeast Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (SEARRP)
Binatang Research Centre
Navajo Technical University
Université de Kisangani
Asian School of the Environment
Uva Wellassa University
Institute of Amazonian Research-Sinchi
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Columbia University
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia
University of California, Los Angeles
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
National Zoo
Kasetsart University
Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia
University of Aberdeen
Forest Research Centre - Sandakan
Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
School of Biological Sciences
Thammasat University
Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University
Jihočeská Univerzita v Českých Budějovicích
Universidade de São Paulo
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Thailand National Science and Technology Development Agency
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
CSIC - Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA)
Sarawak Forestry Department
Institut Facultaire des Sciences Agronomiques (IFA) de Yangambi
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique
Herbier National du Gabon
Southeast Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (SEARRP)
Binatang Research Centre
Navajo Technical University
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Abstract
Mycorrhizae, a form of plant–fungal symbioses, mediate vegetation impacts on ecosystem functioning. Climatic effects on decomposition and soil quality are suggested to drive mycorrhizal distributions, with arbuscular mycorrhizal plants prevailing in low-latitude/high-soil-quality areas and ectomycorrhizal (EcM) plants in high-latitude/low-soil-quality areas. However, these generalizations, based on coarse-resolution data, obscure finer-scale variations and result in high uncertainties in the predicted distributions of mycorrhizal types and their drivers. Using data from 31 lowland tropical forests, both at a coarse scale (mean-plot-level data) and fine scale (20 × 20 metres from a subset of 16 sites), we demonstrate that the distribution and abundance of EcM-associated trees are independent of soil quality. Resource exchange differences among mycorrhizal partners, stemming from diverse evolutionary origins of mycorrhizal fungi, may decouple soil fertility from the advantage provided by mycorrhizal associations. Additionally, distinct historical biogeographies and diversification patterns have led to differences in forest composition and nutrient-acquisition strategies across three major tropical regions. Notably, Africa and Asia’s lowland tropical forests have abundant EcM trees, whereas they are relatively scarce in lowland neotropical forests. A greater understanding of the functional biology of mycorrhizal symbiosis is required, especially in the lowland tropics, to overcome biases from assuming similarity to temperate and boreal regions.