We detect fungal arrangements capable of thriving in wider or smaller ranges of temperature, revealing that niche specialization may be a critical soil process impacting soil health. Furthermore, using network properties, we observe that fungal communities ranged from dense arrangements of associations to a sparser structure of associations, indicating differential levels of niche specialization. Our observations using traditional approaches show results concurring with previous literature: the influence of geographic and climatic factors on sample distributions, or different operational taxonomic unit (OTU) compositions depending on agricultural managements. Here we assess the impact of different farming practices in a survey of 350 vineyard soils from the United States and Spain by estimating network properties based on spatial associations. Beyond traditional biodiversity descriptors, community-level properties have the potential of informing about particular ecological situations. Thus, monitoring soil health would benefit from the use of metrics that arise from ecological explanations that can also be informative for agricultural management.
Understanding the ecology behind the assembly and dynamics of soil fungal communities is a fruitful way to improve management practices and plant productivity.
Agroecosystems are human-managed ecosystems subject to generalized ecological rules.
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