Connecting the multiple dimensions of global soil fungal diversity
Vladimir Mikryukov, Olesya Dulya, Alexander Zizka, Mohammad Bahram, Niloufar Hagh‐Doust, Sten Anslan, Oleh Prylutskyi, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Fernando T. Maestre, R. Henrik Nilsson, Jaan Pärn, Maarja Öpik, Mari Moora, Martin Zobel, Mikk Espenberg, Ülo Mander, Abdul Nasir Khalid, Adriana Corrales, Ahto Agan, Aída M. Vasco‐Palacios, Alessandro Saitta, Andrea C. Rinaldi, Annemieke Verbeken, Bobby P. Sulistyo, Boris Tamgnoue, Brendan Furneaux, Camila Duarte Ritter, Casper Nyamukondiwa, Cathy Sharp, César Marín, Daniyal Gohar, Dārta Kļaviņa, Dipon Sharmah, Dong-Qin Dai, Eduardo Nouhra, Elisabeth M. Biersma, Elisabeth Rähn, Erin K. Cameron, Eske De Crop, Eveli Otsing, Evgeny A. Давыдов, Felipe E. Albornoz, Francis Q. Brearley, Franz Buegger, Geoffrey Zahn, Gregory Bonito, Inga Hiiesalu, Isabel C. Barrio, Jacob Heilmann‐Clausen, Jelena Ankuda, Jiří Doležal, John Y. Kupagme, Jose G. Maciá‐Vicente, Joseph Djeugap Fovo, József Geml, Juha M. Alatalo, Julieta Alvarez‐Manjarrez, Kadri Põldmaa, Kadri Runnel, Kalev Adamson, Kari Anne Bråthen, Karin Pritsch, Kassim Tchan Issifou, Kęstutis Armolaitis, Kevin D. Hyde, Kevin K. Newsham, Kristel Panksep, Adebola Azeez Lateef, Linda Hansson, Louis J. Lamit, Malka Saba, Maria Tuomi, Marieka Gryzenhout, Marijn Bauters, Meike Piepenbring, Nalin N. Wijayawardene, Nourou S. Yorou, Olavi Kurina, Peter E. Mortimer, Peter Meidl, Petr Kohout, Rasmus Puusepp, Rein Drenkhan, Roberto Garibay‐Orijel, Roberto Godoy, Saad Alkahtani, Saleh Rahimlou, Sergey V. Dudov, Sergei Põlme, Soumya Ghosh, Sunil Mundra, Talaat Ahmed, Tarquin Netherway, Terry W. Henkel, Tomas Roslin, Vincent Nteziryayo, Vladimir E. Fedosov, В. Г. Онипченко, W. A. Erandi Yasanthika, Young Woon Lim
Abstract
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.