How mycorrhizal associations drive plant population and community biology

L Tedersoo, M Bahram, M Zobel - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND All vascular plants associate with fungi and bacteria—the microbiome. Root
associations with mycorrhizal fungi benefit most plants by enhancing their nutrient access …

The population biology of fungal invasions

P Gladieux, A Feurtey, ME Hood, A Snirc… - … Genetics: The Baker …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Fungal invasions are increasingly recognized as a significant component of global changes,
threatening ecosystem health and damaging food production. Invasive fungi also provide …

Global diversity and geography of soil fungi

L Tedersoo, M Bahram, S Põlme, U Kõljalg, NS Yorou… - science, 2014 - science.org
Introduction The kingdom Fungi is one of the most diverse groups of organisms on Earth,
and they are integral ecosystem agents that govern soil carbon cycling, plant nutrition, and …

Plant diversity represents the prevalent determinant of soil fungal community structure across temperate grasslands in northern China

YL Chen, TL Xu, SD Veresoglou, HW Hu… - Soil Biology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fungi play an important regulating role in terrestrial ecosystem functioning. However, their
biogeographic distribution patterns along combined gradients of plant communities and …

Endemism and functional convergence across the North American soil mycobiome

JM Talbot, TD Bruns, JW Taylor… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Identifying the ecological processes that structure communities and the consequences for
ecosystem function is a central goal of ecology. The recognition that fungi, bacteria, and …

Distinct large-scale biogeographic patterns of fungal communities in bulk soil and soybean rhizosphere in China

J Zhang, B Zhang, Y Liu, Y Guo, P Shi, G Wei - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Fungi play a crucial role in the agroecological system; however, little is known about their
large-scale biogeographical patterns and how various ecological processes contribute to …

How mycorrhizal associations influence orchid distribution and population dynamics

T Li, S Wu, W Yang, MA Selosse, J Gao - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Orchid distribution and population dynamics are influenced by a variety of ecological factors
and the formation of holobionts, which play key roles in colonization and ecological …

Extinction risk of soil biota

SD Veresoglou, JM Halley, MC Rillig - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
No species lives on earth forever. Knowing when and why species go extinct is crucial for a
complete understanding of the consequences of anthropogenic activity, and its impact on …

A global test of ecoregions

JR Smith, AD Letten, PJ Ke, CB Anderson… - Nature Ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
A foundational paradigm in biological and Earth sciences is that our planet is divided into
distinct ecoregions and biomes demarking unique assemblages of species. This notion has …

Host plant genus‐level diversity is the best predictor of ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity in a Chinese subtropical forest

C Gao, NN Shi, YX Liu, KG Peay, Y Zheng… - Molecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial diversity is generally far higher than plant diversity, but the relationship between
microbial diversity and plant diversity remains enigmatic. To shed light on this problem, we …