An arctic community of symbiotic fungi assembled by long-distance dispersers: Phylogenetic diversity of ectomycorrhizal basidiomycetes in Svalbard based on soil and sporocarp DNA

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-88

  Geml, József ^a,b   Timling, Ina ^b   Robinson, Clare H ^c   Lennon, Niall ^d   Nusbaum, H Chad ^d   Brochmann, Christian ^e   Noordeloos, Machiel E ^a   Taylor, D Lee ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biodiversity; Climate change; Dispersal; Fungi; Gene flow; ITS rDNA; Long distance dispersal; Migration; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FUNGUS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; MIGRATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; SYMBIONT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VICARIANCE; WOODY PLANT;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALNICOLA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CLAVULINA; CORTINARIUS; ENTOLOMA; FUNGI; HEBELOMA; INOCYBE; LACCARIA; LACTARIUS; LECCINUM; RUSSULA; SEBACINA;

EID: 83555176410     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02588.x     Document Type: Article

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