Landscape effects on global soil pathogenic fungal diversity across spatial scales

Autor(en)
Yawen Lu, Nico Eisenhauer, Guillaume Patoine, Ying Chen, Anna Heintz-Buschart, Kirsten Küsel, Carl Eric Wegner, François Buscot, Xiang Liu, Ademir S.F. Araujo, Beat Frey, Fernando T. Maestre, Matthew Vadeboncoeur, Liesbeth van den Brink, Quentin Ponette, Markus Didion, Georg Wohlfahrt, Aurora Gaxiola, Cristina Branquinho, Henning Meesenburg, Karibu Fukuzawa, E. Carol Adair, Andrijana Andrić, Milan Barna, Qicheng Bei, Helge Bruelheide, Adriano Caliman, Rafaella Canessa, Michele Carbognani, Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, Chiling Chen, Casper T. Christiansen, Michaël Danger, Evgeny A. Davydov, Marie Anne de Graaff, Christine Delire, Valter Di Cecco, Luciano Di Martino, Ika Djukic, Simon Drollinger, Tsutomu Enoki, István Fekete, Petra Fransson, Martin Freitag, Mark Frenzel, Rosario G. Gavilán, Stephan Glatzel, Maria Glushkova, Grizelle González, Anderson da R. Gripp, Peter Haase, Ute Hamer, Takuo Hishi, Tsutom Hiura, Elisabeth Hornung, Kazuhiko Hoshizaki, Heinke Jäger, Juan J. Jiménez, Megan J. Kelly-Slatten, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Zsolt Kotroczó, Kaie Kriiska, Hiroko Kurokawa, Kate Lajtha, John Loehr, Stefan Löfgren, Vincent Maire, Rodrigo L. Martins, Florence Maunoury-Danger, Inara Melece, Victoria Ochoa, Ivika Ostonen, Alain Paquette, William C. Parker, Pablo Luis Peri, Rebecca Mast, Alessandro Petraglia, Petr Petřík, Mihai Pușcaș, Corinna Rebmann, Peter B. Reich, Matthias C. Rillig, Martin Schädler, Marcus Schaub, Anja Schmidt, Julia Seeber, Helena Cristina Serrano, Ana I. Sousa, Stefan Scheu, Artur Stefanski, Marcello Tomaselli, Zsolt Tóth, Stacey M. Trevathan-Tackett, Stefan Trogisch, Pavel Dan Turtureanu, Tudor M. Ursu, Susanna E. Venn, Arne Verstraeten, Jeyanny Vijayanathan, Dušanka Vujanović, Markus Wagner, Martin Weih, Franz Zehetner, Carlos A. Guerra
Abstrakt

Growing evidence has shown that, apart from local environmental factors, changes in landscape-level factors by accelerated land-use change can also shape soil pathogenic fungal diversity. However, the global representativeness of such patterns remains unclear. Here, we assess how pathogenic fungal diversity in 511 soil samples worldwide responds to landscape factors, including landscape complexity index based on eight landscape metrics and quantity of different land cover types across six spatial scales (i.e., surrounding landscape, 250 m to 10,000 m radii from the sampling coordinate). We find that while soil variables explain over half of the variance, pathogenic fungal alpha diversity increases with landscape complexity and crop cover proportion, but decreases with grass and tree cover proportion, together explaining 23.4% of the total variance. Landscape factors have weaker impacts on beta diversity, explaining 13.0% of the variance. Across spatial scales, grassland ecosystems exhibit increasingly stronger responses to landscape variables compared to forest ecosystems. Landscape factors have a higher relative contribution to root-associated fungi than leaf/fruit/seed-associated fungi. Our results emphasize the importance of local factors and the complementary role of landscape patterns in shaping global soil pathogenic fungal distributions, highlighting scale-dependent effects across ecosystems and fungal functional groups.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Klassische Archäologie, Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung, Institut für Staatswissenschaft
Externe Organisation(en)
Suzhou University of Science and Technology, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Fudan University, Universität Leipzig, Peking University, University of Amsterdam (UvA), Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung, Lanzhou University, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft, King Abdullah University for Science and Technology, University of New Hampshire, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Universidad de Concepción, Université catholique de Louvain, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidade de Lisboa, Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt, Hokkaido University, University of Vermont, University of Novi Sad (UNS), Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Philipps Universität Marburg, Università degli studi di Parma, Università di Bologna, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, University of Copenhagen, Université de Lorraine, Altai State University, Boise State University, Meteo-France/CNRS, Maiella National Park, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Kyushu University, University of Nyíregyháza, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Universität Münster, Universidad Complutense De Madrid, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), United States Forest Service, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Universität Duisburg-Essen, University of Tokyo, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Akita kenritsu daigaku, Charles Darwin Foundation, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC), Széchenyi István University, University of Tartu, Graduate School of Agriculture, Oregon State University, University of Helsinki, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, University of Latvia (LU), Universidad de Jaén, Université de Montréal, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Babeș-Bolyai University, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Michigan, Freie Universität Berlin (FU), Berlin-Brandenburgisches Institut für Biodiversitätsforschung, Eurac Research, University of Aveiro, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, HUN-REN Magyar Kutatási Hálózat, RMIT University Vietnam, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Deakin University, Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Forest Research Institute Malaysia, GLORIA Coordination, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Galápagos National Park Directorate, Universidade de Coimbra
Journal
Nature Communications
Band
17
ISSN
2041-1723
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67929-5
Publikationsdatum
12-2026
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
105405 Geoökologie, 106026 Ökosystemforschung
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Allgemeine Chemie, Allgemeine Biochemie, Genetik und Molekularbiologie, General, Allgemeine Physik und Astronomie
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 15 – Leben an Land
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