Connecting the multiple dimensions of global soil fungal diversity.
Vladimir MikryukovOlesya DulyaAlexander ZizkaMohammad BahramNiloufar Hagh-DoustSten AnslanOleh PrylutskyiManuel Delgado-BaquerizoFernando T MaestreHenrik R NilssonJaan PärnMaarja ÖpikMari MooraMartin ZobelMikk EspenbergÜlo ManderAbdul Nasir KhalidAdriana CorralesAhto AganAída-M Vasco-PalaciosAlessandro SaittaAndrea C RinaldiAnnemieke VerbekenBobby SulistyoBoris TamgnoueBrendan FurneauxCamila Duarte RitterCasper NyamukondiwaCathy SharpCésar MarínDaniyal GoharDarta KlavinaDipon SharmahDong-Qin DaiEduardo NouhraElisabeth Machteld BiersmaElisabeth RähnErin K CameronEske De CropEveli OtsingEvgeniy A DavydovFelipe E AlbornozFrancis Q BrearleyFranz BueggerGeoffrey L ZahnGregory M BonitoInga HiiesaluIsabel C BarrioJacob Heilmann-ClausenJelena AnkudaJiří DoležalJohn KupagmeJose G Maciá-VicenteJoseph Djeugap FovoJózsef GemlJuha M AlataloJulieta Alvarez-ManjarrezKadri PõldmaaKadri RunnelKalev AdamsonKari Anne BråthenKarin PritschKassim Tchan IssifouKęstutis ArmolaitisKevin HydeKevin K NewshamKristel PanksepLateef Adebola AzeezLinda HanssonLouis J LamitMalka SabaMaria W TuomiMarieka GryzenhoutMarijn BautersMeike PiepenbringNalin N WijayawardeneNourou S YorouOlavi KurinaPeter E MortimerPeter MeidlPetr KohoutRasmus PuuseppRein DrenkhanRoberto Garibay-OrijelRoberto GodoySaad AlKahtaniSaleh RahimlouSergey DudovSergei PõlmeSoumya GhoshSunil MundraTalaat A AhmedTarquin NetherwayTerry W HenkelTomas V RoslinVincent NteziryayoVladimir E FedosovVladimir OnipchenkoWeeragalle Arachchillage Erandi YasanthikaYoung Woon LimMichael E van NulandNadejda A SoudzilovskaiaAlexandre AntonelliUrmas KõljalgKessy AbarenkovLeho TedersooPublished in: Science advances (2023)
How the multiple facets of soil fungal diversity vary worldwide remains virtually unknown, hindering the management of this essential species-rich group. By sequencing high-resolution DNA markers in over 4000 topsoil samples from natural and human-altered ecosystems across all continents, we illustrate the distributions and drivers of different levels of taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of fungi and their ecological groups. We show the impact of precipitation and temperature interactions on local fungal species richness (alpha diversity) across different climates. Our findings reveal how temperature drives fungal compositional turnover (beta diversity) and phylogenetic diversity, linking them with regional species richness (gamma diversity). We integrate fungi into the principles of global biodiversity distribution and present detailed maps for biodiversity conservation and modeling of global ecological processes.