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Bässler, Claus ; Brandl, Roland ; Müller, Jörg ; Krah, Franz-Sebastian ; Reinelt, Arthur ; Halbwachs, Hans:
Global analysis reveals an environmentally driven latitudinal pattern in mushroom size across fungal species.
In: Ecology Letters.
Vol. 24
(2021)
Issue 4
.
- pp. 658-667.
ISSN 1461-0248
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13678
Abstract in another language
Although macroecology is a well-established field, much remains to be learned about the large-scale variation of fungal traits. We conducted a global analysis of mean fruit body size of 59 geographical regions worldwide, comprising 5340 fungal species exploring the response of fruit body size to latitude, resource availability and temperature. The results showed a hump-shaped relationship between mean fruit body size and distance to the equator. Areas with large fruit bodies were characterised by a high seasonality and an intermediate mean temperature. The responses of mutualistic species and saprotrophs were similar. These findings support the resource availability hypothesis, predicting large fruit bodies due to a seasonal resource surplus, and the thermoregulation hypothesis, according to which small fruit bodies offer a strategy to avoid heat and cold stress and therefore occur at temperature extremes. Fruit body size may thus be an adaptive trait driving the large-scale distribution of fungal species.
Further data
| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology > Chair Fungal Ecology > Chair Fungal Ecology - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Claus Bässler Research Institutions > Central research institutes > Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research- BayCEER |
| Result of work at the UBT: | No |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science > 550 Earth sciences, geology 500 Science > 570 Life sciences, biology |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2024 08:04 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2024 08:04 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/91135 |