Predictors of soil fungal biomass and community composition in temperate mountainous forests in Central Europe

0546846 - BÚ 2022 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Odriozola, I. - Navrátilová, D. - Tláskalová, P. - Klinerová, Tereza - Červenková, Z. - Kohout, P. - Větrovský, T. - Čížková, P. - Starý, M. - Baldrian, P.
Predictors of soil fungal biomass and community composition in temperate mountainous forests in Central Europe.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry. Roč. 161, October (2021), č. článku 108366. ISSN 0038-0717
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : soiil ecology * fungi * mycorrhiza
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 8.546, year: 2021
Method of publishing: Open access with time embargo
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108366

The expected vertical stratification of fungal biomass and community composition was clearly observable in our study. Litter contained higher amounts of fungal biomass and was dominated by saprotrophic fungi, while soil contained less fungal biomass, was dominated by ECM fungi and was relatively depleted of free-living saprotrophs. Additionally, we show that vegetation is a key predictor of fungal community composition across ecological guilds and habitats.Interestingly, Phosphorus was the most important predictor among nutrients, explaining variance in both standing fungal biomass and community composition. Our results support the idea that intense atmospheric nitrogen deposition during the last decades may have shifted Central European forests from N-limitation to P-limitation.
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