Assessment of tree species richness as a surrogate for macrofungal species richness

John Paul Schmit; Gregory M. Mueller; Patrick R. Leacock; Juan Luis Mata; Qiuxin Wu; Yonging Huang

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2004.04.013

Assessment of tree species richness as a surrogate for macrofungal species richness

John Paul Schmit^*, Gregory M. Mueller, Patrick R. Leacock, Juan Luis Mata, Qiuxin Wu, Yonging Huang

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Abstract

Attempts to understand and conserve biodiversity are hampered by a lack of information about many taxonomic groups, particularly those groups that are the most species rich. Although fungi are ubiquitous and play an important role in decomposition, nutrient cycling and nutrient uptake, little is known about fungal diversity, as fungi are usually cryptic and ephemeral. Based on a meta-analysis of macrofungal diversity studies, we show that tree diversity is a promising surrogate for macrofungal diversity at large spatial scales. We present evidence that trees species richness can be used to predict macrofungal species richness and that on the global scale, the distribution of individual tree and macrofungal species notably differs. Additionally our findings provide support for the use of "ratio estimates" to estimate fungal species richness.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	99-110
Number of pages	12
Journal	Biological Conservation
Volume	121
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2004.04.013
State	Published - Jan 2005

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We would like to thank Peter Wagner (Field Museum) and Melinda Brady (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) for their statistical advice. William Burger, Larry Heaney, Betty Strack, and Jun Wen (Field Museum) and two anonymous reviewers provided helpful suggestions for improving this paper. This study was partially supported through grants NSF grants DEB-9300798, INT-9513874, DEB-9623523, DEB 9981309 and DEB 9972027.

Keywords

Biodiversity estimation
Indicator groups
Macrofungi
Ratio estimates

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Nature and Landscape Conservation

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