Arthropod communities in fungal fruitbodies are weakly structured by climate and biogeography across European beech forests
Journal: Diversity and Distributions
Year: 2019

Abstract Aim The tinder fungus Fomes fomentarius is a pivotal wood decomposer in European beech Fagus sylvatica forests. The fungus, however, has regionally declined due to centuries of logging. To unravel biogeographical drivers of arthropod communities associated with this fungus, we investigated how space, climate and habitat amount structure alpha and beta diversity of arthropod communities in fruitbodies of F. fomentarius . Location Temperate zone of Europe. Taxon Arthropods. Methods We rea