Priority effects during fungal community establishment in beech wood.
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SUBMITTER: Hiscox J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4579477 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
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Priority effects during fungal community establishment in beech wood.
Hiscox Jennifer J Savoury Melanie M Müller Carsten T CT Lindahl Björn D BD Rogers Hilary J HJ Boddy Lynne L
The ISME journal 20150320 10
Assembly history of fungal communities has a crucial role in the decomposition of woody resources, and hence nutrient cycling and ecosystem function. However, it has not been clearly determined whether the fungal species that arrive first may, potentially, dictate the subsequent pathway of community development, that is, whether there is a priority effect at the species level. We used traditional culture-based techniques coupled with sequencing of amplified genetic markers to profile the fungal ...[more]
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