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<p>The community structure of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi typically displays temporal dynamics. However, heavy snow cover hinders belowground investigations in temperate-to-boreal forests where ECM trees dominate, and the dynamics of the ECM fungal community structure during winter have not been fully elucidated. Given that boreal conifer species start root production in response to snowmelt, studies on the response of the ECM fungal community to snowmelt are needed. In the present study, to infer the community dynamics during the snowmelt season and their susceptibility to host tree conditions, we investigated ECM fungi associated with saplings of the evergreen conifer <i>Abies sachalinensis</i> immediately after the start and end of snowmelt in a common garden experiment. Saplings derived from two sources of contrasting snowfall conditions (heavy vs. little) were grown under two different light conditions (open vs. shaded), and the ECM fungal community dynamics patterns were compared across these combinations. The response of the ECM fungal community structure varied across treatments; although significant loss of ECM fungal operational taxonomic units (OTUs) was observed when saplings from the heavy snowfall region were grown under shade conditions, no change in community structure across the snowmelt season was observed for the other combinations. The stability of community composition despite the change in abiotic conditions with snowmelt, together with the effects of host origin and light conditions on community dynamics patterns, would imply the importance of host-mediated community dynamics of ECM fungi during the snowmelt season.</p>

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Reduction of the α and β diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungal community under snowmelt: highlights from a common garden trial using Abies sachalinensis with differing host origins and light condition

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    2025年4月3日

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  • Yoriko Sugiyama,
  • Shunsuke Matsuoka,
  • Wataru Ishizuka,
  • Tetsuto Sugai

摘要

The community structure of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi typically displays temporal dynamics. However, heavy snow cover hinders belowground investigations in temperate-to-boreal forests where ECM trees dominate, and the dynamics of the ECM fungal community structure during winter have not been fully elucidated. Given that boreal conifer species start root production in response to snowmelt, studies on the response of the ECM fungal community to snowmelt are needed. In the present study, to infer the community dynamics during the snowmelt season and their susceptibility to host tree conditions, we investigated ECM fungi associated with saplings of the evergreen conifer Abies sachalinensis immediately after the start and end of snowmelt in a common garden experiment. Saplings derived from two sources of contrasting snowfall conditions (heavy vs. little) were grown under two different light conditions (open vs. shaded), and the ECM fungal community dynamics patterns were compared across these combinations. The response of the ECM fungal community structure varied across treatments; although significant loss of ECM fungal operational taxonomic units (OTUs) was observed when saplings from the heavy snowfall region were grown under shade conditions, no change in community structure across the snowmelt season was observed for the other combinations. The stability of community composition despite the change in abiotic conditions with snowmelt, together with the effects of host origin and light conditions on community dynamics patterns, would imply the importance of host-mediated community dynamics of ECM fungi during the snowmelt season.