Arctic plant-fungus interaction networks show major rewiring with environmental variation

Abstract Global environmental change may lead to changes in community structure and in species interactions, ultimately changing ecosystem functioning. Focusing on spatial variation in fungus–plant interactions across the rapidly changing Arctic, we quantified variation in the identity of interactio...

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Main Authors: Bastien Parisy, Niels M. Schmidt, Alyssa R. Cirtwill, Edith Villa-Galaviz, Mikko Tiusanen, Cornelya F. C. Klütsch, Paul E. Aspholm, Katrine Raundrup, Eero J. Vesterinen, Helena Wirta, Tomas Roslin
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-11-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01902-w
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Alyssa R. Cirtwill
Edith Villa-Galaviz
Mikko Tiusanen
Cornelya F. C. Klütsch
Paul E. Aspholm
Katrine Raundrup
Eero J. Vesterinen
Helena Wirta
Tomas Roslin
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description Abstract Global environmental change may lead to changes in community structure and in species interactions, ultimately changing ecosystem functioning. Focusing on spatial variation in fungus–plant interactions across the rapidly changing Arctic, we quantified variation in the identity of interaction partners. We then related interaction turnover to variation in the bioclimatic environment by combining network analyses with general dissimilarity modelling. Overall, we found species associations to be highly plastic, with major rewiring among interaction partners across variable environmental conditions. Of this turnover, a major part was attributed to specific environmental properties which are likely to change with progressing climate change. Our findings suggest that the current structure of plant-root associated interactions may be severely altered by rapidly advancing global warming. Nonetheless, flexibility in partner choice may contribute to the resilience of the system.
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spelling doaj-art-79a24700d73d4c1bbd18feb53ddc86d92024-11-24T12:44:23ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Earth & Environment2662-44352024-11-01511910.1038/s43247-024-01902-wArctic plant-fungus interaction networks show major rewiring with environmental variationBastien Parisy0Niels M. Schmidt1Alyssa R. Cirtwill2Edith Villa-Galaviz3Mikko Tiusanen4Cornelya F. C. Klütsch5Paul E. Aspholm6Katrine Raundrup7Eero J. Vesterinen8Helena Wirta9Tomas Roslin10Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of HelsinkiDepartment of Ecoscience, Aarhus UniversityDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of HelsinkiEcological Networks lab, Deparment of Biology, Technical University of DarmstadtDepartment of Environmental Systems Science, ETH ZürichNorwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Department of Ecosystems in the Barents RegionNorwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Department of Ecosystems in the Barents RegionGreenland Institute of Natural ResourcesDepartment of Biology, University of TurkuDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of HelsinkiDepartment of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesAbstract Global environmental change may lead to changes in community structure and in species interactions, ultimately changing ecosystem functioning. Focusing on spatial variation in fungus–plant interactions across the rapidly changing Arctic, we quantified variation in the identity of interaction partners. We then related interaction turnover to variation in the bioclimatic environment by combining network analyses with general dissimilarity modelling. Overall, we found species associations to be highly plastic, with major rewiring among interaction partners across variable environmental conditions. Of this turnover, a major part was attributed to specific environmental properties which are likely to change with progressing climate change. Our findings suggest that the current structure of plant-root associated interactions may be severely altered by rapidly advancing global warming. Nonetheless, flexibility in partner choice may contribute to the resilience of the system.https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01902-w
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Niels M. Schmidt
Alyssa R. Cirtwill
Edith Villa-Galaviz
Mikko Tiusanen
Cornelya F. C. Klütsch
Paul E. Aspholm
Katrine Raundrup
Eero J. Vesterinen
Helena Wirta
Tomas Roslin
Arctic plant-fungus interaction networks show major rewiring with environmental variation
Communications Earth & Environment
title Arctic plant-fungus interaction networks show major rewiring with environmental variation
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title_fullStr Arctic plant-fungus interaction networks show major rewiring with environmental variation
title_full_unstemmed Arctic plant-fungus interaction networks show major rewiring with environmental variation
title_short Arctic plant-fungus interaction networks show major rewiring with environmental variation
title_sort arctic plant fungus interaction networks show major rewiring with environmental variation
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01902-w
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