#Microorganisms & Fungi #2011 – 2014
SOILFUNGI (Core project)
Soil fungal diversity and community structure of grassland and forest ecosystems along land use gradient in three German Exploratories
The central objective of this core project is to monitor the diversity and community structure of soil fungi in order to unravel the relation to the ecosystem grassland and forest along the geographical and land use gradients realized at all three biodiversity exploratories (Fischer, Bossdorf et al. 2010).
- Intensive investigation of soil fungal communities along land-use gradients of all experimental grassland and forest plots of the three German Biodiversity Exploratories
– Generating knowledge on the respective impact of geographic locations, local micro- or macroclimatic level as well as land use, management levels and soil and plant parameters in relation to the soil fungal community
– Investigation and separation between the potential soil microflora from the actually active community - Study of the small-scale spatio-temporal and biogeographic variations of fungal communities (SCALEMIC)
– Analysis of the soil fungal community at the local or micro-biogeographic level at different time points (seasons) - Examination of changes in soil microbial metagenome and metatranscriptome in relation to two tree species and two time points (SOILOMICS)
– Study of structural and functional diversity and variability between the plots
Based on the experience of the first period, principally in the second period we will use Next-Generation-Sequencingtechnologies toanalyse a large sample size.
Scale-dependencies and determinants of soil microbial communities in forest ecosystems across the German Biodiversity Exploratories
Determinationen und Skalenabhängigkeiten mikrobieller Bodengemeinschaften in den Waldökosystemen der Deutschen Biodiversitätsexploratorien
Goldmann K. (2017): Scale-dependencies and determinants of soil microbial communities in forest ecosystems across the German Biodiversity Exploratories. Dissertation, Leipzig University
Unterschiedlich starke Habitatfilterung von Wurzel- und Bodenpilze in gemäßigten Buchenwäldern
Goldmann K., Schröter K., Pena R., Schöning I., Schrumpf M., Buscot F., Polle A., Wubet T. (2016): Divergent habitat filtering of root and soil fungal communities in temperate beech forests. Scientific Reports 6:31439. doi: 10.1038/srep31439
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Waldbewirtschaftung beeinflusst Diversität und Gemeinschaftszusammensetzung der Bodenpilze in gemäßigten Waldökosystemen
Goldmann K., Schöning I., Buscot F., Wubet T. (2015): Forest Management Type Influences Diversity and Community Composition of Soil Fungi across Temperate Forest Ecosystems. Frontiers in Microbiology 6:1300. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.0130
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Wubet T., Christ S., Schöning I., Boch S., Gawlich M., Schnabel B., Fischer M., Buscot F. (2012): Differences in Soil Fungal Communities between European Beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.) Dominated Forests Are Related to Soil and Understory Vegetation. PLoS ONE 7(10): e47500. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047500
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The so-called core projects of the BE emerged from the site selection project and the establishment of the exploratories (2006-2008). Since 2008, they have been providing the infrastructure and collecting important basic information on land use, diversity and ecosystem processes (long-term monitoring) for all projects. In addition, they coordinate project-wide activities such as various large-scale experiments.
Scientific assistants
