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Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of Quercus liaotungensis along different successional stands on the Loess Plateau, China

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Although Quercus liaotungensis forest is an important component of Loess Plateau forest ecosystems, little is known about the ectomycorrhizal fungal (EMF) symbiosis of Q. liaotungensis in this ecosystem. Here we investigated EMF communities of Q. liaotungensis along three successional stands on the central Loess Plateau (Yan’an, China): a seedling stand (1 to 3-year-old seedlings under a Populus davidiana forest stand), a young tree stand (20 to 30-year-old Q. liaotungensis forest stand), and a mature tree stand (50 to 70-year-old Q. liaotungensis forest stand). In each stand, the Q. liaotungensis roots were sampled, then EMF communities were examined on the basis of EMF morphotyping, PCR–RFLP, and DNA sequencing. In total, 70 EMF species were observed, and the total richness of estimated species exceeded 100 EMF species. The EMF community was composed of a few common taxa (approx. 7 %) and many rare taxa (approx. 61 %). EMF richness in young and mature trees was higher than in seedlings. EMF communities of young and mature trees were more similar than those of seedlings and trees. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling ordinations of the EMF community revealed more separation among Q. liaotungensis of different age. This study provides preliminary insight into the taxonomic diversity of EMF of Q. liaotungensis along different successional stands on the Loess Plateau.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Dr Ryunosuke Tateno for selection of sites and to Wei-Yu Shi for help in the field. We would also like to thank two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments on the original draft of this paper. This work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science through the Core University Program and the Global COE Program: Global Center of Excellence for Dryland Science.

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  1. Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Tottori, 680-0001, Japan

    Jian Zhang, Takeshi Taniguchi & Norikazu Yamanaka

  2. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China

    Jian Zhang, Ming Xu, Sheng Du & Guo-Bin Liu

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Zhang, J., Taniguchi, T., Xu, M. et al. Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of Quercus liaotungensis along different successional stands on the Loess Plateau, China. J For Res 19, 395–403 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10310-013-0433-y

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