Dispersal limitation structures fungal community assembly in a long-term glacial chronosequence.

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Microbial communities in soil mediate biogeochemical processes; however, understanding forces shaping their composition and function remains a gap in our ecological knowledge. We investigated phylogenetic turnover and functional gene composition of saprotrophic fungi along a 4000-year glacial chronosequence. A direct relationship between β-diversity and geographic distance, a proxy for time since deglaciation,...

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