Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments

JJ Grossman, M Vanhellemont, N Barsoum… - Environmental and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite considerable research demonstrating that biodiversity increases productivity in
forests and regulates herbivory and pathogen damage, there remain gaps in our …

Host preference and network properties in biotrophic plant–fungal associations

S Põlme, M Bahram, H Jacquemyn, P Kennedy… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Analytical methods can offer insights into the structure of biological networks, but
mechanisms that determine the structure of these networks remain unclear. We conducted a …

A million and more trees for science

A Paquette, A Hector, B Castagneyrol… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
TreeDivNet is the largest network of biodiversity experiments worldwide, but needs to
expand. We encourage colleagues to establish new experiments on the relation between …

Fungal communities along a small-scale elevational gradient in an alpine tundra are determined by soil carbon nitrogen ratios

Y Ni, T Yang, K Zhang, C Shen, H Chu - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Elevational gradients are associated not only with variations in temperature and
precipitation, but also with shifts in vegetation types and changes in soil physicochemical …

Soil abiotic variables are more important than Salicaceae phylogeny or habitat specialization in determining soil microbial community structure

S Erlandson, X Wei, J Savage… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting the outcome of interspecific interactions is a central goal in ecology. The diverse
soil microbes that interact with plants are shaped by different aspects of plant identity, such …

Experimental evidence of functional group-dependent effects of tree diversity on soil fungi in subtropical forests

C Weißbecker, T Wubet, G Lentendu, P Kühn… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Deconvoluting the relative contributions made by specific biotic and abiotic drivers to soil
fungal community compositions facilitates predictions about the functional responses of …

Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities in high mountain conifer forests in central Mexico and their potential use in the assisted migration of Abies religiosa

A Argüelles-Moyao, R Garibay-Orijel - Mycorrhiza, 2018 - Springer
Abies religiosa forests in central Mexico are the only overwinter refuge of the monarch
butterfly and provide important ecosystem services. These forests have lost 55% of their …

Relationships between fungal and plant communities differ between desert and grassland in a typical dryland region of northwest China

J Wang, C Chen, Z Ye, J Li, Y Feng, Q Lu - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The relationships between soil fungal and plant communities in the dryland have been well
documented, yet the associated difference in relationships between soil fungal and plant …

Organic nitrogen addition suppresses fungal richness and alters community composition in temperate forest soils

LC Cline, JA Huggins, SE Hobbie… - Soil Biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Human-driven increases in bioavailable nitrogen over the last century have revealed the
critical need to understand how nitrogen availability influences terrestrial ecosystems. In …

Guild Patterns of Basidiomycetes Community Associated With Quercus mongolica in Mt. Jeombong, Republic of Korea

SY Oh, HJ Cho, JA Eimes, SK Han, CS Kim, YW Lim - Mycobiology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Depending on the mode of nutrition exploitation, major fungal guilds are distinguished as
ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi. It is generally known that diverse environmental …