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

D Alem, T Dejene, J Geml, JA Oria-de-Rueda… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Survey of macrofungal diversity and analysis of edaphic factors influencing the fungal community of church forests in Dry Afromontane areas of Northern …

D Alem, T Dejene, JA Oria-de-Rueda… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Dry Afromontane forests in Northern Ethiopia have been cleared for agriculture
and reduced to small and isolated fragments. Most of these forests are located around …

[HTML][HTML] Soil Fungal Communities under Pinus patula Schiede ex Schltdl. & Cham. Plantation Forests of Different Ages in Ethiopia

D Alem, T Dejene, JA Oria-de-Rueda, J Geml… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
The cultivation of plantation forests is likely to change the diversity and composition of soil
fungal communities. At present, there is scant information about these communities in …

Soil fungal communities and succession following wildfire in Ethiopian dry Afromontane forests, a highly diverse underexplored ecosystem

D Alem, T Dejene, JA Oria-de-Rueda, J Geml… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ethiopian dry Afromontane forests are complex ecosystems that have important economic
and ecological roles. However, recurrent fire has been a source of disturbance for these …

Changes in fungal diversity and composition along a chronosequence of Eucalyptus grandis plantations in Ethiopia

C Castano, T Dejene, O Mediavilla, J Geml… - Fungal ecology, 2019 - Elsevier
Eucalyptus tree species are widely used in Ethiopian plantations, but the impact of these
plantations on the soil fungal communities is still unknown. We assessed the changes in …

Illumina DNA metabarcoding of Eucalyptus plantation soil reveals the presence of mycorrhizal and pathogenic fungi

L Jimu, M Kemler, L Mujuru… - Forestry: An International …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The genus Eucalyptus contains many timber-producing forest species and is extensively
planted around the world. The domestication of Eucalyptus has facilitated the global …

[HTML][HTML] Soil fungal communities of ectomycorrhizal dominated woodlands across West Africa

P Meidl, B Furneaux, KI Tchan, K Kluting, M Ryberg… - MycoKeys, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Forests and woodlands in the West African Guineo-Sudanian transition zone contain many
tree species that form symbiotic interactions with ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi. These fungi …

Plant diversity and regeneration in a disturbed isolated dry Afromontane forest in northern Ethiopia

E Aynekulu, R Aerts, M Denich, A Negussie, I Friis… - Folia geobotanica, 2016 - Springer
We studied the diversity, community composition and natural regeneration of woody species
in an isolated but relatively large (> 1,000 ha) dry Afromontane forest in northern Ethiopia to …

Untangling the effect that replacing Ethiopia's natural forests with exotic tree plantations has on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

G Kewessa, T Dejene, P Martín-Pinto - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have a broad distribution and establish symbiotic
relationships with vascular plants in tropical regions. They play a crucial role in enhancing …

Effects of Environmental and Disturbance Factors on Plant Community Distribution in Tropical Moist Afromontane Forests, South‐West Ethiopia

S Tadese, T Soromessa… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study was carried out to investigate the effects of environmental and disturbance factors
on plant community distribution in the Majang Forest Biosphere Reserve (MFBR) in south …