Abstract

This chapter provides an up-to-date account of fungi and the factors driving their biogeographic patterns, focusing mainly on terrestrial fungi and in particular mycorrhizal fungi due to their more established and studied biogeographic patterns. It also provides some insights into the biogeography of aquatic and animal-associated fungi. It is important to understand the evolutionary history of fungi because this could explain some of their biogeographical patterns, especially with reference to symbioses. The chapter discusses how fungal functions and their interactions with other organisms can affect fungal biogeography. Global environmental change driven by human disturbance, climate change and natural hazards can fundamentally alter the distribution and activity of fungi in time and space, while fungi can buffer or exacerbate the effects of global change on other organism groups.

Published in

Title: Biogeography : an Integrative Approach of the Evolution of Living
ISBN: 978-1-78945-060-6, eISBN: 978-1-11988-238-1
Publisher: ISTE; John Wiley and sons

SLU Authors

• Netherway, Tarquin

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Bahram, Mohammad

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • University of Tartu

UKÄ Subject classification

Ecology
Physical Geography


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119882381.ch8

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/115044