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Hennecke, J.* ; Bassi, L.* ; Albracht, C.* ; Amyntas, A.* ; Bergmann, J.* ; Eisenhauer, N.* ; Fox, A.* ; Heimbold, L.* ; Heintz-Buschart, A.* ; Kuyper, T.W.* ; Lange, M.* ; Pinheiro Alves de Souza, Y. ; Rai, A.* ; Solbach, M.D.* ; Mommer, L.* ; Weigelt, A.*

Plant species richness and the root economics space drive soil fungal communities.

Ecol. Lett. 28:e70032 (2025)
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Trait-based approaches have been increasingly used to relate plants to soil microbial communities. Using the recently described root economics space as an approach to explain the structure of soil-borne fungal communities, our study in a grassland diversity experiment reveals distinct root trait strategies at the plant community level. In addition to significant effects of plant species richness, we show that the collaboration and conservation gradient are strong drivers of the composition of the different guilds of soil fungi. Saprotrophic fungi are most diverse in species-rich plant communities with 'slow' root traits, whereas plant pathogenic fungi are most diverse and abundant in communities with 'fast' and 'DIY' root traits. Fungal biomass is strongly driven by plant species richness. Our results illustrate that the root economics space and plant species richness jointly determine the effects of plants on soil fungal communities and their potential role in plant fitness and ecosystem functioning.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Keywords Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi ; Collaboration Gradient ; Pathogenic Fungi ; Plant–fungi Interactions ; Root Economics Space ; Root Traits ; Saprotrophic Fungi ; Trait‐based; Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi; Microbial Biomass; Resource Availability; Food-web; Diversity; Biodiversity; Productivity; Patterns; Traits; Nitrogen
Language english
Publication Year 2025
HGF-reported in Year 2025
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1461-023X
e-ISSN 1461-0248
Journal Ecology Letters
Quellenangaben Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: , Article Number: e70032 Supplement: ,
Publisher Blackwell
Publishing Place Oxford
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Research Unit Comparative Microbiome Analysis (COMI)
POF-Topic(s) 30202 - Environmental Health
Research field(s) Environmental Sciences
PSP Element(s) G-504700-001
Grants Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
DOI 10.1111/ele.70032
WOS ID 001387851000001
Scopus ID 85213712586
PubMed ID 39737799
Erfassungsdatum 2025-03-20
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