期刊
FUNGAL ECOLOGY
卷 20, 期 -, 页码 108-114出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2015.12.005
关键词
Ascomycota; Environmental filtering; Rainfall; Species sorting; Temperature; Warm-season grass
资金
- Texas EcoLab
Horizontally-transmitted foliar endophytic fungi can moderate plant tolerance to abiotic and biotic stress. Previous studies have found correlations between climate and endophyte beta diversity, but were unable to clearly separate drivers related to long-term climate, annual weather, and host plants. To address this, we characterized endophyte communities in the perennial C-4 grass, Panicum hallii, across a precipitation gradient in central Texas over 3 years. A total of 65 unique leaf endophytes were isolated and identified based on ITS and LSU regions of rDNA. Mean annual rainfall and temperature were the primary drivers of endophyte richness and community composition, followed by annual weather conditions. In contrast, little explanatory value was provided by plant host traits, vegetation structure, or spatial factors. The importance of historical climate and annual weather in endophyte distributions suggests that species sort by environment and are likely to be affected by future climate change. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd and The British Mycological Society. All rights reserved.
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