Soil fungal diversity along elevation gradients

The goal of this study was to understand the diversity of soil fungi across elevational gradients and to disentangle the direct and indirect effects of climate conditions, plant communities and soil properties on soil fungal richness. This study was conducted in cool-temperate and sub-alpine forests in the University of Tokyo Chichibu Forest in central Japan. We used amplicon-based sequencing of ITS2 region (fITS7/ITS4) to characterize the soil fungal community.

本研究旨在探究沿海拔梯度分布的土壤真菌多样性，并厘清气候条件、植物群落与土壤属性对土壤真菌丰富度的直接与间接影响。本研究的开展区域为日本中部东京大学秩父森林内的寒温带与亚高山森林。本研究采用针对ITS2区域（fITS7/ITS4）的扩增子测序技术，对土壤真菌群落进行表征分析。