Metabarcoding analysis of the soil fungal community to aid the conservation of underexplored church forests in Ethiopia

Abstract Most of the Dry Afromontane forests in the northern part of Ethiopia are located around church territories and, hence, are called church forests. These forests are biodiversity islands and provide key ecosystem services to local communities. A previous study of church forest fungal species...

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Main Authors: Demelash Alem, Tatek Dejene, József Geml, Juan Andrés Oria-de-Rueda, Pablo Martín-Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08828-3