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Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees influence the latitudinal beta-diversity gradient of tree communities in forests worldwide

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  • Yonglin Zhong

    (State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University)

  • Chengjin Chu

    (State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University)

  • Jonathan A. Myers

    (Washington University in St. Louis)

  • Gregory S. Gilbert

    (University of California)

  • James A. Lutz

    (Wildland Resources Department, Utah State University)

  • Jonas Stillhard

    (Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Forest Resources and Management)

  • Kai Zhu

    (University of California)

  • Jill Thompson

    (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Bush Estate)

  • Jennifer L. Baltzer

    (Wilfrid Laurier University)

  • Fangliang He

    (University of Alberta
    ECNU-Alberta Joint Lab for Biodiversity Study, Tiantong National Station for Forest Ecosystem Research, East China Normal University
    Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University)

  • Joseph A. LaManna

    (Marquette University)

  • Stuart J. Davies

    (Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute)

  • Kristina J. Aderson-Teixeira

    (Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
    Conservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park)

  • David F.R.P. Burslem

    (School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen)

  • Alfonso Alonso

    (Center for Conservation and Sustainability, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park)

  • Kuo-Jung Chao

    (International Master Program of Agriculture, National Chung Hsing University)

  • Xugao Wang

    (CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Lianming Gao

    (CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • David A. Orwig

    (Harvard Forest, Harvard University)

  • Xue Yin

    (State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University)

  • Xinghua Sui

    (State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University)

  • Zhiyao Su

    (College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University)

  • Iveren Abiem

    (University of Jos
    The Nigerian Montane Forest Project
    School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury)

  • Pulchérie Bissiengou

    (Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique)

  • Norm Bourg

    (Conservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park)

  • Nathalie Butt

    (School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland
    Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland)

  • Min Cao

    (CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Chia-Hao Chang-Yang

    (National Sun Yat-sen University)

  • Wei-Chun Chao

    (National Chiayi University)

  • Hazel Chapman

    (School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury)

  • Yu-Yun Chen

    (National Dong Hwa University)

  • David A. Coomes

    (University of Cambridge)

  • Susan Cordell

    (Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service)

  • Alexandre A. de Oliveira

    (Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Cidade Universitária)

  • Hu Du

    (Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Suqin Fang

    (State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University)

  • Christian P. Giardina

    (Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service)

  • Zhanqing Hao

    (School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University)

  • Andrew Hector

    (University of Oxford)

  • Stephen P. Hubbell

    (University of California, Los Angeles)

  • David Janík

    (Silva Tarouca Research Institute)

  • Patrick A. Jansen

    (Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
    Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Group, Wageningen University and Research)

  • Mingxi Jiang

    (Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Guangze Jin

    (Center for Ecological Research, Northeast Forestry University)

  • David Kenfack

    (Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
    National Museum of Natural History)

  • Kamil Král

    (Silva Tarouca Research Institute)

  • Andrew J. Larson

    (Wilderness Institute and Department of Forest Management, University of Montana)

  • Buhang Li

    (State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University)

  • Xiankun Li

    (Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yide Li

    (Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry)

  • Juyu Lian

    (Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Luxiang Lin

    (CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Feng Liu

    (The Administrative Bureau of Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve)

  • Yankun Liu

    (Heilongjiang Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Forestry Ecological Engineering, Heilongjiang Forestry Engineering and Environment Institute)

  • Yu Liu

    (ECNU-Alberta Joint Lab for Biodiversity Study, Tiantong National Station for Forest Ecosystem Research, East China Normal University
    Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University)

  • Fuchen Luan

    (Guangdong Chebaling National Nature Reserve)

  • Yahuang Luo

    (CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Keping Ma

    (State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yadvinder Malhi

    (Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford)

  • Sean M. McMahon

    (Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
    Smithsonian Environmental Research Center)

  • William McShea

    (Conservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park)

  • Hervé Memiaghe

    (Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique)

  • Xiangcheng Mi

    (State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Mike Morecroft

    (Natural England)

  • Vojtech Novotny

    (Biology Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology and the University of South Bohemia)

  • Michael J. O’Brien

    (Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles)

  • Jan den Ouden

    (Forest Ecology and Management Group, Wageningen University)

  • Geoffrey G. Parker

    (Forest Ecology Group, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center)

  • Xiujuan Qiao

    (Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Haibao Ren

    (State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Glen Reynolds

    (Southeast Asia Rainforest Research Partnership, Danum Valley Field Centre)

  • Pavel Samonil

    (Silva Tarouca Research Institute)

  • Weiguo Sang

    (College of Life and Environmental Science, Minzu University of China)

  • Guochun Shen

    (Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University)

  • Zhiqiang Shen

    (State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University)

  • Guo-Zhang Michael Song

    (National Chung Hsing University)

  • I-Fang Sun

    (National Dong Hwa University)

  • Hui Tang

    (State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University)

  • Songyan Tian

    (Heilongjiang Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Forestry Ecological Engineering, Heilongjiang Forestry Engineering and Environment Institute)

  • Amanda L. Uowolo

    (Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service)

  • María Uriarte

    (Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University)

  • Bin Wang

    (Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xihua Wang

    (Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University)

  • Youshi Wang

    (State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University)

  • George D. Weiblen

    (University of Minnesota)

  • Zhihong Wu

    (Guangdong Chebaling National Nature Reserve)

  • Nianxun Xi

    (State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University)

  • Wusheng Xiang

    (Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Han Xu

    (Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry)

  • Kun Xu

    (Yunnan Lijiang Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Kunming Instituted of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Wanhui Ye

    (Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Mingjian Yu

    (MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University)

  • Fuping Zeng

    (Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Minhua Zhang

    (ECNU-Alberta Joint Lab for Biodiversity Study, Tiantong National Station for Forest Ecosystem Research, East China Normal University
    Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University)

  • Yingming Zhang

    (Guangdong Chebaling National Nature Reserve)

  • Li Zhu

    (State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jess K. Zimmerman

    (University of Puerto Rico)

Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (EcM) associations are critical for host-tree performance. However, how mycorrhizal associations correlate with the latitudinal tree beta-diversity remains untested. Using a global dataset of 45 forest plots representing 2,804,270 trees across 3840 species, we test how AM and EcM trees contribute to total beta-diversity and its components (turnover and nestedness) of all trees. We find AM rather than EcM trees predominantly contribute to decreasing total beta-diversity and turnover and increasing nestedness with increasing latitude, probably because wide distributions of EcM trees do not generate strong compositional differences among localities. Environmental variables, especially temperature and precipitation, are strongly correlated with beta-diversity patterns for both AM trees and all trees rather than EcM trees. Results support our hypotheses that latitudinal beta-diversity patterns and environmental effects on these patterns are highly dependent on mycorrhizal types. Our findings highlight the importance of AM-dominated forests for conserving global forest biodiversity.

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  • Yonglin Zhong & Chengjin Chu & Jonathan A. Myers & Gregory S. Gilbert & James A. Lutz & Jonas Stillhard & Kai Zhu & Jill Thompson & Jennifer L. Baltzer & Fangliang He & Joseph A. LaManna & Stuart J. D, 2021. "Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees influence the latitudinal beta-diversity gradient of tree communities in forests worldwide," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-23236-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23236-3
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