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Title: Reforestation Sites Show Similar and Nested AMF Communities to an Adjacent Pristine Forest in a Tropical Mountain Area of South Ecuador
Authors: Suarez Chacon, J.
metadata.dc.date.available: 2017-06-16T22:03:07Z
Publisher: PLoS One
Abstract: Arbuscular mycorrhizae are important for growth and survival of tropical trees. We studied the community of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a tropical mountain rain forest and in neighbouring reforestation plots in the area of Reserva Biológica San Francisco (South Ecuador). The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi were analysed with molecular methods sequencing part of the 18 S rDNA. The sequences were classified as Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs). We found high fungal species richness with OTUs belonging to Glomerales, Diversisporales and Archaeosporales. Despite intensive sampling, the rarefaction curves are still unsaturated for the pristine forest and the reforestation plots. The communities consisted of few frequent and many rare species. No specific interactions are recognizable. The plant individuals are associated with one to ten arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and mostly with one to four. The fungal compositions associated with single plant individuals show a great variability and variety within one plant species. Planted and naturally occurring plants show high similarities in their fungal communities. Pristine forest and reforestation plots showed similar richness, similar diversity and a significantly nested structure of plant-AMF community. The results indicate that small-scale fragmentation presently found in this area has not destroyed the natural AMF community, at least yet. Thus, the regeneration potential of natural forest vegetation at the tested sites is not inhibited by a lack of appropriate mycobionts.
metadata.dc.identifier.other: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063524.s009
URI: http://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/handle/123456789/19199
ISBN: 1932-6203
Other Identifiers: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063524.s009
Other Identifiers: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063524.s009
metadata.dc.language: Inglés
metadata.dc.type: Article
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