Despite once being described as common, digging mammal species have been lost from
the Australian landscape over the last 200 years. Around half of digging mammal species …

Orchid mycorrhizas are mutualistic interactions between fungi and members of the
Orchidaceae, the world's largest plant family. The majority of the world's orchids are …

Scientific interest in orchid mycorrhizas, the symbiotic association between orchid roots and
fungi, continues to grow. Advances in molecular identification techniques have enabled the …

Of the forty mammal species known to have vanished in the world in the last 200 years,
almost half have been Australian. Our continent has the worst record of mammal extinctions …

This new edition of Fungi in Ecosystem Processes continues the unique approach of
examining the roles of fungi from the perspective of ecosystem functions. It explores how …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

This report provides an overview of the impact of feral cats Felis catus on native fauna of the
Pacific region, with particular reference to Australia and its island territories. In Australia, cats …

Hitherto fungi have rarely been considered in conservation biology, but this is changing as
the field moves from addressing single species issues to an integrative ecosystem‐based …

The consumption of fungi by animals is a significant trophic interaction in most terrestrial
ecosystems, yet the role mammals play in these associations has been incompletely …

Many ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi produce fruit-bodies below ground and rely on animals,
especially mammals, for dispersal of spores. Mammals may therefore play an important role …