Forest tree microbiomes and associated fungal endophytes: Functional roles and impact on forest health

E Terhonen, K Blumenstein, A Kovalchuk, FO Asiegbu - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Terrestrial plants including forest trees are generally known to live in close association with
microbial organisms. The inherent features of this close association can be commensalism …

Tree vitality and forest health: can tree-ring stable isotopes be used as indicators?

P Cherubini, G Battipaglia, JL Innes - Current Forestry Reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Society is concerned about the long-term condition of the
forests. Although a clear definition of forest health is still missing, to evaluate forest health …

Phytophthora agathidicida: research progress, cultural perspectives and knowledge gaps in the control and management of kauri dieback in New Zealand

RE Bradshaw, SE Bellgard, A Black, BR Burns… - Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Kauri (Agathis australis), which is one of the world's largest and longest‐living conifer
species, is under threat from a root and collar dieback disease caused by the oomycete …

[HTML][HTML] Biological control of emerging forest diseases: How can we move from dreams to reality?

S Prospero, L Botella, A Santini, C Robin - Forest Ecology and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Biological control (BC) is defined as the use of living natural enemies, antagonists, or
competitors (biological control agents) to control other living organisms. In the second half of …

Learning ecological networks from next-generation sequencing data

C Vacher, A Tamaddoni-Nezhad, S Kamenova… - Advances in ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Species diversity, and the various interactions that occur between species, supports
ecosystems functioning and benefit human societies. Monitoring the response of species …

Latest advances and future perspectives in Armillaria research

R Heinzelmann, C Dutech, T Tsykun… - Canadian journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The basidiomycete genus Armillaria sl (Armillaria ss and Desarmillaria) has a worldwide
distribution and plays a central role in the dynamics of numerous woody ecosystems …

Invasion frameworks: a forest pathogen perspective

T Paap, MJ Wingfield, TI Burgess, JRU Wilson… - Current Forestry …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Within the discipline of invasion science, researchers studying
different taxonomic groups have developed distinct ways of investigating the phenomenon …

Pathologists and entomologists must join forces against forest pest and pathogen invasions

H Jactel, ML Desprez-Loustau, A Battisti… - …, 2020 - pureportal.coventry.ac.uk
The world's forests have never been more threatened by invasions of exotic pests and
pathogens, whose causes and impacts are reinforced by global change. However, forest …

Ecology of invasive forest pathogens

L Ghelardini, N Luchi, F Pecori, AL Pepori, R Danti… - Biological …, 2017 - Springer
Invasive forest pathogens are a major threat to forests worldwide, causing increasing
damage. The knowledge of both the specific traits underlying the capacity of a pathogen to …

Fungal guilds and soil functionality respond to tree community traits rather than to tree diversity in European forests

LD Prada‐Salcedo, K Goldmann… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
At the global scale, most forest research on biodiversity focuses on aboveground organisms.
However, understanding the structural associations between aboveground and …