Global patterns in endemicity and vulnerability of soil fungi
Date
2022-01-01Author
Tedersoo, LehoMikryukov, Vladimir
Zizka, Alexander
Bahram, Mohammad
Hagh-Doust, Niloufar
Anslan, Sten
Prylutskyi, Oleh
Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel
Maestre, Fernando T.
Pärn, Jaan
Öpik, Maarja
Moora, Mari
Zobel, Martin
Espenberg, Mikk
Mander, Ülo
Khalid, Abdul Nasir
Corrales, Adriana
Agan, Ahto
Vasco-Palacios, Aída M.
Saitta, Alessandro
Rinaldi, Andrea C.
Verbeken, Annemieke
Sulistyo, Bobby P.
Tamgnoue, Boris
Furneaux, Brendan
Ritter, Camila Duarte
Nyamukondiwa, Casper
Sharp, Cathy
Marín, César
Gohar, Daniyal
Klavina, Darta
Sharmah, Dipon
Dai, Dong Qin
Nouhra, Eduardo
Biersma, Elisabeth Machteld
Rähn, Elisabeth
Cameron, Erin K
De Crop, Eske
Otsing, Eveli
Davydov, Evgeny A.
Albornoz, Felipe E
Brearley, Francis Q.
Buegger, Franz
Zahn, Geoffrey
Bonito, Gregory
Hiiesalu, Inga
Barrio, Isabel C.
Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob
Ankuda, Jelena
Kupagme, John Y.
Maciá-Vicente, Jose G.
Fovo, Joseph Djeugap
Geml, József
Alatalo, Juha M.
Alvarez-Manjarrez, Julieta
Põldmaa, Kadri
Runnel, Kadri
Adamson, Kalev
Bråthen, Kari Anne
Pritsch, Karin
Tchan, Kassim I.
Armolaitis, Kęstutis
Hyde, Kevin D.
Newsham, Kevin K
Panksep, Kristel
Lateef, Adebola A.
Tiirmann, Liis
Hansson, Linda
Lamit, Louis J.
Saba, Malka
Tuomi, Maria
Gryzenhout, Marieka
Bauters, Marijn
Piepenbring, Meike
Wijayawardene, Nalin
Yorou, Nourou S.
Kurina, Olavi
Mortimer, Peter E.
Meidl, Peter
Kohout, Petr
Nilsson, Rolf Henrik
Puusepp, Rasmus
Drenkhan, Rein
Garibay-Orijel, Roberto
Godoy, Roberto
Alkahtani, Saad
Rahimlou, Saleh
Dudov, Sergey V.
Põlme, Sergei
Ghosh, Soumya
Mundra, Sunil
Ahmed, Talaat
Netherway, Tarquin
Henkel, Terry W.
Roslin, Tomas
Nteziryayo, Vincent
Fedosov, Vladimir E.
Onipchenko, Vladimir G
Yasanthika, W. A.Erandi
Lim, Young Woon
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Fungi are highly diverse organisms, which provide multiple ecosystem services. However, compared with charismatic animals and plants, the distribution patterns and conservation needs of fungi have been little explored. Here, we examined endemicity patterns, global change vulnerability and conservation priority areas for functional groups of soil fungi based on six global surveys using a high-resolution, long-read metabarcoding approach. We found that the endemicity of all fungi and most functional groups peaks in tropical habitats, including Amazonia, Yucatan, West-Central Africa, Sri Lanka, and New Caledonia, with a negligible island effect compared with plants and animals. We also found that fungi are predominantly vulnerable to drought, heat and land-cover change, particularly in dry tropical regions with high human population density. Fungal conservation areas of highest priority include herbaceous wetlands, tropical forests, and woodlands. We stress that more attention should be focused on the conservation of fungi, especially root symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal fungi in tropical regions as well as unicellular early-diverging groups and macrofungi in general. Given the low overlap between the endemicity of fungi and macroorganisms, but high conservation needs in both groups, detailed analyses on distribution and conservation requirements are warranted for other microorganisms and soil organisms.
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