Invariant properties of mycobiont-photobiont networks in Antarctic lichens

[Aim]: Lichens are often regarded as paradigms of mutualistic relationships. However, it is still poorly known how lichen-forming fungi and their photosynthetic partners in-teract at a community scale. We explored the structure of fungus-alga networks of in-teractions in lichen communities along a l...

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Autores: Pérez-Ortega, Sergio, Verdú, Miguel, Garrido-Benavent, Isaac, Rabasa, Sonia G., Green, T. G. Allan, Sancho, Leopoldo G., Ríos, Asunción de los
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/334215
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/334215
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Intimate ecological interaction
Lichen-forming fungi
Symbiosis
Transantarctic Mountains
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Sumario:[Aim]: Lichens are often regarded as paradigms of mutualistic relationships. However, it is still poorly known how lichen-forming fungi and their photosynthetic partners in-teract at a community scale. We explored the structure of fungus-alga networks of in-teractions in lichen communities along a latitudinal transect in continental Antarctica. We expect these interactions to be highly specialized and, consequently, networks with low nestedness degree and high modularity.Location: Transantarctic Mountains from 76° S to 85° S (continental Antarctica).