Untangling the fungal niche: the trait-based approach

TW Crowther, DS Maynard, TR Crowther… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Fungi are prominent components of most terrestrial ecosystems, both in terms of biomass
and ecosystem functioning, but the hyper-diverse nature of most communities has obscured …

The mutualistic niche: mycorrhizal symbiosis and community dynamics

KG Peay - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The niche is generally viewed in terms of species' intrinsic physiological potential and
limitations due to competition. Although DNA sequencing has revealed the ubiquity of …

Measuring ectomycorrhizal fungal dispersal: macroecological patterns driven by microscopic propagules

KG Peay, MG Schubert, NH Nguyen… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersal plays a prominent role in most conceptual models of community assembly.
However, direct measurement of dispersal across a whole community is difficult at …

Spore dispersal of basidiomycete fungi at the landscape scale is driven by stochastic and deterministic processes and generates variability in plant–fungal interactions

KG Peay, TD Bruns - New Phytologist, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Fungi play an important role in plant communities and ecosystem function. As a result,
variation in fungal community composition can have important consequences for plant …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi and soil enzymes exhibit contrasting patterns along elevation gradients in southern Patagonia

C Truong, LA Gabbarini, A Corrales, AB Mujic… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The biological and functional diversity of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) associations remain largely
unknown in South America. In Patagonia, the ECM tree Nothofagus pumilio forms …

A risk assessment framework for the future of forest microbiomes in a changing climate

CE Willing, PT Pellitier, ME Van Nuland… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
Microbes inhabiting the above-and belowground tissues of forest trees and soils play a
critical role in the response of forest ecosystems to global climate change. However …

Competition–colonization tradeoffs structure fungal diversity

GR Smith, BS Steidinger, TD Bruns… - The ISME journal, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Findings of immense microbial diversity are at odds with observed functional redundancy, as
competitive exclusion should hinder coexistence. Tradeoffs between dispersal and …

Plant-mediated partner discrimination in ectomycorrhizal mutualisms

L Bogar, K Peay, A Kornfeld, J Huggins, S Hortal… - Mycorrhiza, 2019 - Springer
Although ectomycorrhizal fungi have well-recognized effects on ecological processes
ranging from plant community dynamics to carbon cycling rates, it is unclear if plants are …

Native ectomycorrhizal fungi from the endangered pine rocklands are superior symbionts to commercial inoculum for slash pine seedlings

E Karlsen-Ayala, ME Smith, BC Askey, R Gazis - Mycorrhiza, 2022 - Springer
The south Florida pine rocklands is a critically endangered, fire-dependent ecosystem
dominated by the overstory tree Pinus densa (South Florida slash pine). Because pine …

Back to the future: natural history and the way forward in modern fungal ecology

KG Peay - Fungal Ecology, 2014 - Elsevier
The growing power and increasing availability of molecular tools for identifying fungi in
environmental samples has revolutionized the way that fungal ecologists work. As a result …