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Towards management of invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi
(Springer Verlag (Germany), 2016-08-04)
Ectomycorrhizal fungi are increasingly recognized as invasive species. Invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi can be toxic to humans, may compete with native, edible or otherwise valuable fungi, facilitate the co-invasion of trees, ...
Invasive N-fixer impacts on litter decomposition driven by changes to soil properties not litter quality
(Springer, 2017-09-01)
Invasive nitrogen (N)-fixing plants often fundamentally change key ecosystem functions, particularly N-cycling. However, the consequences of this for litter decomposition, and the mechanisms that underpin ecosystem responses, ...
No single driver of biodiversity: Divergent responses of multiple taxa across land use types
(Ecological Society of America, 2017-11-17)
Understanding the responses of biodiversity to different land use regimes is critical for managing biodiversity in the face of future land use change. However, there is still significant uncertainty around how consistent ...
Biases in the metabarcoding of plant pathogens using rust fungi as a model system
(Wiley, 2019-07)
Plant pathogens such as rust fungi (Pucciniales) are of global economic and ecological importance. This means there is a critical need to reliably and cost‐effectively detect, identify, and monitor these fungi at large ...
Loss of functional diversity and network modularity in introduced plant–fungal symbioses
(Oxford University Press on behalf of the Annals of Botany Company, 2017-01-01)
The introduction of alien plants into a new range can result in the loss of co-evolved symbiotic organisms, such as mycorrhizal fungi, that are essential for normal plant physiological functions. Prior studies of mycorrhizal ...
Mycorrhizal co-invasion and novel interactions depend on neighborhood context
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc. on behalf of the Ecological Society of America, 2015-09)
© 2015 by the Ecological Society of America. Biological invasions are a rapidly increasing driver of global change, yet fundamental gaps remain in our understanding of the factors determining the success or extent of ...
Evolutionary dynamics of tree invasions: Complementing the unified framework for biological invasions
(Oxford University Press on behalf of Annals of Botany Company, 2017-01)
Evolutionary processes greatly impact the outcomes of biological invasions. An extensive body of research suggests that invasive populations often undergo phenotypic and ecological divergence from their native sources. ...
Hierarchical neighbor effects on mycorrhizal community structure and function
(John Wiley & Sons, 2016-08)
© 2016 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Theory predicts that neighboring communities can shape one another's composition and function, for example, through the exchange of member species. ...
Belowground legacies of Pinus contorta invasion and removal result in multiple mechanisms of invasional meltdown
(Oxford University Press on behalf of the Annals of Botany Company, 2014)
Plant invasions can change soil biota and nutrients in ways that drive subsequent plant communities, particularly when co-invading with belowground mutualists such as ectomycorrhizal fungi. These effects can persist following ...
Using DNA metabarcoding to assess New Zealand’s terrestrial biodiversity
(New Zealand Ecological Society, 2017)
© New Zealand Ecological Society. High throughput DNA sequencing technology has enabled entire biological communities to be characterised from DNA derived from pools of organisms, such as bulk-collected invertebrates, or ...