naa a22 4500 510738095 CHVBK 20180411083018.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11284-012-1017-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11284-012-1017-6 Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of Quercus liaotungensis along local slopes in the temperate oak forests on the Loess Plateau, China [Elektronische Daten] [Jian Zhang, Takeshi Taniguchi, Ryunosuke Tateno, Ming Xu, Sheng Du, Guo-Bin Liu, Norikazu Yamanaka] Topographic factors strongly affect the diversity of plants and local environmental conditions, yet little is known about their effects on the distribution of ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF). By combining morphological and molecular identification methods, we investigated the relationship between EMF communities of Quercus liaotungensis and topographic factors along local slopes in the temperate oak forest on the Loess Plateau of northwest China. ITS-RFLP analysis revealed a high diversity of EMF taxa (135 taxa) associated with Q. liaotungensis along three local slopes. EMF communities among slope sites or slope positions, tended to share major common EMF species, which accounted for more than 80% of the total EMF abundance, and showed a diverse distribution, which mainly related to rare species. Ordination analyses showed that EMF taxa distribution was significantly correlated with several environmental variables (slope site, slope position, slope gradient, and soil C:N). Topography-mediated changes of environmental conditions may be important determinants of the distribution of EMF taxa along local slopes (slope position and slope site) in the central Loess Plateau. The Ecological Society of Japan, 2013 Community ecology nationallicence Ectomycorrhizal fungi nationallicence Topographic nationallicence Slope nationallicence Quercus liaotungensis nationallicence Loess soil nationallicence Zhang Jian Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, 680-0001, Tottori, Japan aut Taniguchi Takeshi Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, 680-0001, Tottori, Japan aut Tateno Ryunosuke Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, 606-8502, Kyoto, Japan aut Xu Ming Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China aut Du Sheng Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China aut Liu Guo-Bin Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China aut Yamanaka Norikazu Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, 680-0001, Tottori, Japan aut Ecological Research Springer Japan 28/2(2013-03-01), 297-305 0912-3814 28:2<297 2013 28 11284 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-012-1017-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-012-1017-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhang Jian Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, 680-0001, Tottori, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Taniguchi Takeshi Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, 680-0001, Tottori, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tateno Ryunosuke Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, 606-8502, Kyoto, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Xu Ming Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Du Sheng Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Liu Guo-Bin Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yamanaka Norikazu Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, 680-0001, Tottori, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Ecological Research Springer Japan 28/2(2013-03-01), 297-305 0912-3814 28:2<297 2013 28 11284 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer