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Type: Journal article
Title: High-throughput eDNA monitoring of fungi to track functional recovery in ecological restoration
Author: Yan, D.
Mills, J.
Gellie, N.
Bissett, A.
Lowe, A.
Breed, M.
Citation: Biological Conservation, 2018; 217:113-120
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Issue Date: 2018
ISSN: 0006-3207
1873-2917
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DongFeng Yan, Jacob G. Mills, Nicholas J.C. Gellie, Andrew Bissett, Andrew J. Lowe, Martin F. Breed
Abstract: Fungi are key functional components of ecosystems (e.g. decomposers, symbionts), but are rarely included in restoration monitoring programs. Many fungi occur belowground, making them difficult to observe directly, but are observable with environmental DNA (eDNA) methods. Although eDNA approaches have been proposed as ecological monitoring tools for microbial diversity, their application to restoration projects is very limited. We used eDNA metabarcoding of fungal ITS barcodes on soil collected across a 10-year restoration chronosequence to explore fungal responses to restoration. We observed a dramatic shift in the fungal community towards that of the natural fungal community after just 10 years of active native plant revegetation. Agaricomycetes and other Basidiomycota – involved in wood decay and ectomycorrhizal symbiosis – increased in rarefied sequence abundance in older restored sites. Ascomycota dominated the fungal community, but decreased in rarefied sequence abundance across the restoration chronosequence. Our results highlight eDNA metabarcoding as a useful restoration monitoring tool that allows quantification of changes in important fungal indicator groups linked with functional recovery and, being underground, are normally omitted in restoration monitoring.
Keywords: Ecosystem function; eDNA; genomics; land degradation; microbiome; restoration genomics
Rights: © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.10.035
Grant ID: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE150100542
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103414
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.10.035
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