There is a growing interest amongst community ecologists in functional traits. Response
traits determine membership in communities. Effect traits influence ecosystem function. One …

Little is known about the response of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities to
ecosystem development. We use a long‐term soil chronosequence that includes ecosystem …

A long‐term goal of community ecology is to identify spatial and temporal factors that
underlie observed community structures. Ultimately, ecologists seek to relate community …

One of the most challenging questions faced by ecologists is whether there is a general
relationship between biological diversity and ecosystem function. As rates of species …

Knowledge of spatiotemporal patterns in species distribution is fundamental to
understanding the ecological and evolutionary processes shaping communities. The …

Soil abiotic factors are considered to be important in determining the distribution of
ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal species; however, there are few field data to support this …

In an accompanying editorial Dr Petr Baldrian made a case casting doubt on our recent work
addressing the saprophytic potential of ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi. Dr Baldrian's statements …

Our understanding of the controls on mycorrhizal fungal species distribution and community
organization is in its early childhood-especially when compared with that of the more mature …

Understanding spatial and temporal patterns present in ectomycorrhizal fungal community
structure is critical to understanding both the scale and duration of the potential impact these …

Individual trees, either of the same or different species, can be linked spatially and
temporally by the hyphae of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi that allow carbon and nutrients to …