A meta-analysis of global fungal distribution reveals climate-driven patterns

Větrovský, Tomáš; Kohout, Petr; Kopecký, Martin; Macháč, Antonín; Man, Matěj; Bahnmann, Barbara Doreen; Brabcová, Vendula; Choi, Jinlyung; Mészárošová, Lenka; Human, Zander Rainier; Lepinay, Clémentine; Lladó, Salvador; López‐Mondéjar, Rubén; Martinović, Tijana; Mašínová, Tereza; Morais, Daniel; Navrátilová, Diana; Odriozola, Iñaki; Štursová, Martina; Švec, Karel; Tláskal, Vojtěch; Urbanová, Michaela; Wan, Joe; Žifčáková, Lucia; Howe, Adina; Ladau, Joshua; Peay, Kabir; Štorch, David; Wild, Jan; Baldrián, Petr

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13164-8

reviewNature CommunicationsNov 13, 2019GOLD OA

A meta-analysis of global fungal distribution reveals climate-driven patterns

TVTomáš Větrovský PKPetr Kohout MKMartin Kopecký AMAntonín Macháč MMMatěj Man

Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology · Charles University · +10 more institutions

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Abstract

The evolutionary and environmental factors that shape fungal biogeography are incompletely understood. Here, we assemble a large dataset consisting of previously generated mycobiome data linked to specific geographical locations across the world. We use this dataset to describe the distribution of fungal taxa and to look for correlations with different environmental factors such as climate, soil and vegetation variables. Our meta-study identifies climate as an important driver of different aspects of fungal biogeography, including the global distribution of common fungi as well as the composition and diversity of fungal communities. In our analysis, fungal diversity is concentrated at high latitudes, in…

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Distribution (mathematics)
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