Appendix D. Sites, hosts, sampling intensity, species richness, and diversity (Fisher's alpha) for 1202 strains of foliar endophytes from 21 host species in tropical, temperate, and boreal localities (summarized in Fig. 1B).
Putative species were defined by 95% sequence similarity of the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITSrDNA; see Methods). Site abbreviations are as follows: BCI, Barro Colorado Island, Panama; TAZ, Tucson, AZ, USA; DNC, Duke Forest, North Carolina, USA; MAQ, Mingan Archipelago, Québec, Canada; MRQ, Moisie River, Moisie, Québec, Canada; SHQ, Schefferville, Québec, Canada. Data for Platycladus orientalis are used with permission from M. Hoffman (unpublished).
Site description |
Site ID |
Latitude (°N) |
Host species |
Host family |
Isolates sequenced |
Species richness |
Fisher's alpha |
Tropical moist forest |
BCI |
9.9 |
Gustavia superba |
Lecythidaceae |
16 |
10 |
11.4 |
BCI |
9.9 |
Heisteria concinna |
Olacaceae |
34 |
16 |
11.8 |
|
BCI |
9.9 |
Laetia thamnia |
Flacourtiaceae |
30 |
16 |
13.9 |
|
BCI |
9.9 |
Ouratea lucens |
Ochnaceae |
19 |
10 |
9.3 |
|
BCI |
9.9 |
Theobroma cacao |
Malvaceae |
24 |
13 |
11.6 |
|
BCI |
9.9 |
Trichilia tuberculata |
Meliaceae |
40 |
21 |
17.9 |
|
Upland Sonoran desert |
TAZ |
32.2 |
Platycladus orientalis |
Cupressaceae |
25 |
13 |
10.9 |
Temperate mixed forest |
DNC |
35.6 |
Acer rubrum |
Aceraceae |
20 |
12 |
12.8 |
DNC |
35.6 |
Arundinaria gigantea |
Poaceae |
59 |
18 |
8.8 |
|
DNC |
35.6 |
Huperzia sp. |
Lycopodiaceae |
17 |
9 |
7.7 |
|
DNC |
35.6 |
Juniperus virginiana |
Cupressaceae |
64 |
26 |
16.3 |
|
DNC |
35.6 |
Magnolia grandiflora |
Magnoliaceae |
116 |
32 |
14.6 |
|
DNC |
35.6 |
Pinus taeda |
Pinaceae |
220 |
43 |
15.9 |
|
DNC |
35.6 |
Platycladus orientalis |
Cupressaceae |
28 |
13 |
9.4 |
|
DNC |
35.6 |
Polystichum acrostichoides |
Dryopteridaceae |
24 |
8 |
4.2 |
|
Southern boreal forest |
MAQ |
50.3 |
Dryas integrifolia |
Rosaceae |
51 |
12 |
4.9 |
MAQ |
50.3 |
Empetrum nigrum |
Ericaceae |
15 |
5 |
2.6 |
|
MAQ |
50.3 |
Juniperus horizontalis |
Cupressaceae |
45 |
21 |
15.5 |
|
MAQ |
50.3 |
Picea mariana |
Pinaceae |
85 |
31 |
17.5 |
|
MRQ |
50.3 |
Pinus banksiana |
Pinaceae |
61 |
14 |
5.7 |
|
MAQ |
50.3 |
Vaccinium vitis-ideae |
Ericaceae |
37 |
9 |
3.8 |
|
Northern boreal forest |
SHQ |
54.8 |
Huperzia selago |
Lycopodiaceae |
48 |
16 |
8.4 |
SHQ |
54.8 |
Picea mariana |
Pinaceae |
124 |
20 |
6.7 |