The field of ectomycorrhizal fungal (EMF) ecology has largely developed outside the
ecological mainstream, owing in large part to the challenges in studying the structure and …

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 …

Although the eco-evolutionary dynamics of multicellular organisms are intertwined with the
microorganisms that colonize them, there is only a rudimentary understanding of how a …

To advance our understanding of host effects on the community structure of ectomycorrhizal
fungi (EMF), EMF communities were compared among different host species, genera and …

Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi play major ecological roles in temperate and tropical
ecosystems. Although the richness of ECM fungal communities and the factors controlling …

Colonization-competition tradeoffs have been shown to be important determinants of
succession in plant and animal communities, but their role in ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal …

1. Competition strongly influences many species assemblages, but its role in mycorrhizal
fungal interactions is not well understood. We examined interactions among three …

Soil depth partitioning is thought to promote the diversity of ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungal
communities, but little is known about whether it is controlled by abiotic or biotic factors. In …

Plants and mycorrhizal fungi influence each other's abundance, diversity, and distribution.
How other biotic interactions affect the mycorrhizal symbiosis is less well understood …

Recent studies have shown that changes in community compositions of ectomycorrhizal
(ECM) fungi along elevation gradients are mainly affected by changes in host tree …