Drought-induced changes in the phenology, productivity and diversity of Spanish fungi

Büntgen, Ulf; Egli, Simon; Galván, J. Diego; Diez, Jeffrey M.; Aldea, Jorge; Latorre, Joaquín González; Martínez‐Peña, Fernando

doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2015.03.008

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“…As an economic and socially relevant service, forests in several areas of the Mediterranean Basin are sources for the collection of mushrooms, and some studies have reported that fungal productivity in Mediterranean forests is one of the most sensitive variables that is becoming negatively affected by increased aridity [230,231]. The reduction of atmospheric dust pollution and the purification of air by forests are other increasingly important forest services, especially near or in the large urban areas that are continuously growing [232].…”

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Impacts of Global Change on Mediterranean Forests and Their Services

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The increase in aridity, mainly by decreases in precipitation but also by higher temperatures, is likely the main threat to the diversity and survival of Mediterranean forests. Changes in land use, including the abandonment of extensive crop activities, mainly in mountains and remote areas, and the increases in human settlements and demand for more resources with the resulting fragmentation of the landscape, hinder the establishment of appropriate management tools to protect Mediterranean forests and their provision of services and biodiversity. Experiments and observations indicate that if changes in climate, land use and other components of global change, such as pollution and overexploitation of resources, continue, the resilience of many forests will likely be exceeded, altering their structure and function and changing, mostly decreasing, their capacity to continue to provide their current services. A consistent assessment of the impacts of the changes, however, remains elusive due to the difficulty of obtaining simultaneous and complete data for all scales of the impacts in the same forests, areas and regions. We review the impacts of climate change and other components of global change and their interactions on the terrestrial forests of Mediterranean regions, with special attention to their impacts on ecosystem services. Management tools for counteracting the negative effects of global change on Mediterranean ecosystem- services are finally discussed.

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“…Rainfall and temperature are critical, but their timing also appears as a crucial variable, and there is substantial annual variation in these and other climatic factors (Martínez de Aragón et al, 2007;Büntgen et al, 2015;Alfranca et al, 2015). Site factors, such as soil characteristics, altitude, slope or aspect and stand structure, including forest vegetation, stand age or stand density will also influence mushroom species richness and abundance (Martínez-Peña et al, 2012a, 2012b.…”

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Lactarius deliciosus Fr. soil extraradical mycelium correlates with stand fruitbody productivity and is increased by forest thinning

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“…General circulation models consistently indicate that climate change will be significant in the Mediterranean biogeographic region, lending increased urgency for the need to describe and understand climate interactions between terrestrial organisms2. Recent studies have provided evidence of climate-induced elevational shifts in both vegetation34, and fungal productivity and diversity5678. The importance of forest fungi, besides being symbionts and decomposers9, is based on their potential to migrate rapidly and hence colonize new areas faster than some tree or shrub species1011.…”

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“…Thus, at the global scale, the effects of future warming on forest ecosystems may depend to some extent on (i) whether fungi are resistant or not to climate-induced changes, and (ii) whether fungi are able to colonize new areas, which means that their reproductive activity should be sustained in time guaranteeing a spore flow19. At the local scale, reductions in fungal species richness and productivity are expected to reduce ecosystem biodiversity and services (regulating and provisioning), with strong ramifications on local livelihoods such as mushroom-picking620.…”

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“…As a consequence, sporocarp productivity might be altered rapidly in sub-optimal areas before range shifts occur2029; e.g. at lower elevations where temperatures increases and precipitation decreases will most likely accelerate aridification and reduce fungi sporocarp productivity6. These fungal shifts might have a short/medium-term effects on total yield and associated provisioning of forest ecosystem services.…”

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Mushroom biomass and diversity are driven by different spatio-temporal scales along Mediterranean elevation gradients

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Mushrooms are important non-wood-forest-products in many Mediterranean ecosystems, being highly vulnerable to climate change. However, the ecological scales of variation of mushroom productivity and diversity, and climate dependence has been usually overlooked due to a lack of available data. We determined the spatio-temporal variability of epigeous sporocarps and the climatic factors driving their fruiting to plan future sustainable management of wild mushrooms production. We collected fruiting bodies in Pinus sylvestris stands along an elevation gradient for 8 consecutive years. Overall, sporocarp biomass was mainly dependent on inter-annual variations, whereas richness was more spatial-scale dependent. Elevation was not significant, but there were clear elevational differences in biomass and richness patterns between ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic guilds. The main driver of variation was late-summer-early-autumn precipitation. Thus, different scale processes (inter-annual vs. spatial-scale) drive sporocarp biomass and diversity patterns; temporal effects for biomass and ectomycorrhizal fungi vs. spatial scale for diversity and saprotrophic fungi. The significant role of precipitation across fungal guilds and spatio-temporal scales indicates that it is a limiting resource controlling sporocarp production and diversity in Mediterranean regions. The high spatial and temporal variability of mushrooms emphasize the need for long-term datasets of multiple spatial points to effectively characterize fungal fruiting patterns.

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Drought-induced changes in the phenology, productivity and diversity of Spanish fungi

Cited by 44 publications

References 75 publications

Impacts of Global Change on Mediterranean Forests and Their Services

Impacts of Global Change on Mediterranean Forests and Their Services

Lactarius deliciosus Fr. soil extraradical mycelium correlates with stand fruitbody productivity and is increased by forest thinning

Mushroom biomass and diversity are driven by different spatio-temporal scales along Mediterranean elevation gradients

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