| RRC ID |
69120
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| Author |
Schweiger AH, Ullmann GM, Nürk NM, Triebel D, Schobert R, Rambold G.
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| Title |
Chemical properties of key metabolites determine the global distribution of lichens.
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| Journal |
Ecol Lett
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| Abstract |
In lichen symbioses, fungal secondary metabolites provide UV protection on which lichen algae such as trebouxiophycean green algae-the most prominent group of photobionts in lichen symbioses-sensitively depend. These metabolites differ in their UV absorbance capability and solvability, and thus vary in their propensity of being leached from the lichen body in humid and warm environments, with still unknown implications for the global distribution of lichens. In this study covering more than 10,000 lichenised fungal species, we show that the occurrence of fungal-derived metabolites in combination with their UV absorbance capability and their probability of being leached in warm and humid environments are important eco-evolutionary drivers of global lichen distribution. Fungal-derived UV protection seems to represent an indirect environmental adaptation in which the lichen fungus invests to protect the trebouxiophycean photobiont from high UV radiation in warm and humid climates and, by doing this, secures its carbon source.
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| Volume |
25(2)
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| Pages |
416-426
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| Published |
2022-2-1
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| DOI |
10.1111/ele.13930
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| Description |
BiodiC-J data were referenced.
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| PMID |
34786803
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| MeSH |
Biological Evolution
Chlorophyta*
Climate
Lichens*
Phylogeny
Symbiosis
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| IF |
8.665
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| Resource |
| GBIF |
Lichen specimens of Saitama Museum of Natural History
Ibaraki Nature Museum, Lichen collection
Fungal specimens of Komatsu City Museum
Bryophyte specimens of Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History
Fungi specimens of Saitama Museum of Natural History
The 6-7th National Survey on the Natural Environment: Vegetation Survey
Gunma Museum of Natural History, Fungi Specimen
Fungi specimen database of Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History
Fungal Specimens of National Museum of Nature and Science (TNS) |
