| Environmental stress destabilizes microbial networks DJ Hernandez, AS David, ES Menges, CA Searcy, ME Afkhami The ISME journal 15 (6), 1722-1734, 2021 | 830 | 2021 |
| Fungal functional ecology: bringing a trait‐based approach to plant‐associated fungi AE Zanne, K Abarenkov, ME Afkhami, CA Aguilar‐Trigueros, S Bates, ... Biological Reviews 95 (2), 409-433, 2020 | 263 | 2020 |
| Mutualist‐mediated effects on species' range limits across large geographic scales ME Afkhami, PJ McIntyre, SY Strauss Ecology letters 17 (10), 1265-1273, 2014 | 260 | 2014 |
| Niche breadth: causes and consequences for ecology, evolution, and conservation KA Carscadden, NC Emery, CA Arnillas, MW Cadotte, ME Afkhami, ... The Quarterly Review of Biology 95 (3), 179-214, 2020 | 218 | 2020 |
| Cheaters must prosper: reconciling theoretical and empirical perspectives on cheating in mutualism EI Jones, ME Afkhami, E Akçay, JL Bronstein, R Bshary, ME Frederickson, ... Ecology letters 18 (11), 1270-1284, 2015 | 170 | 2015 |
| Symbiosis lost: imperfect vertical transmission of fungal endophytes in grasses ME Afkhami, JA Rudgers The American Naturalist 172 (3), 405-416, 2008 | 169 | 2008 |
| A fungus among us: broad patterns of endophyte distribution in the grasses JA Rudgers, ME Afkhami, MA Rúa, AJ Davitt, S Hammer, VM Huguet Ecology 90 (6), 1531-1539, 2009 | 139 | 2009 |
| Multiple mutualist effects: conflict and synergy in multispecies mutualisms ME Afkhami, JA Rudgers, JJ Stachowicz Ecology 95 (4), 833-844, 2014 | 125 | 2014 |
| Climate disruption of plant-microbe interactions JA Rudgers, ME Afkhami, L Bell-Dereske, YA Chung, KM Crawford, ... Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics 51 (1), 561-586, 2020 | 119 | 2020 |
| Using niche breadth theory to explain generalization in mutualisms RT Batstone, KA Carscadden, ME Afkhami, ME Frederickson Ecology 99 (5), 1039-1050, 2018 | 92 | 2018 |
| Multiple mutualist effects on genomewide expression in the tripartite association between Medicago truncatula, nitrogen‐fixing bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi ME Afkhami, JR Stinchcombe Molecular Ecology 25 (19), 4946-4962, 2016 | 78 | 2016 |
| Interspecific hybridization and bioactive alkaloid variation increases diversity in endophytic Epichloë species of Bromus laevipes ND Charlton, KD Craven, ME Afkhami, BA Hall, SR Ghimire, CA Young FEMS microbiology ecology 90 (1), 276-289, 2014 | 76 | 2014 |
| Do plant–microbe interactions support the Stress Gradient Hypothesis? AS David, KB Thapa‐Magar, ES Menges, CA Searcy, ME Afkhami Ecology 101 (8), e03081, 2020 | 57 | 2020 |
| Tripartite mutualisms as models for understanding plant–microbial interactions ME Afkhami, BK Almeida, DJ Hernandez, KN Kiesewetter, DP Revillini Current opinion in plant biology 56, 28-36, 2020 | 57 | 2020 |
| Symbioses with nitrogen-fixing bacteria: nodulation and phylogenetic data across legume genera ME Afkhami, DL Mahler, JH Burns, MG Weber, MF Wojciechowski, ... Ecology 99 (2), 502, 2018 | 51 | 2018 |
| Microbial mitigation–exacerbation continuum: a novel framework for microbiome effects on hosts in the face of stress AS David, KB Thapa‐Magar, ME Afkhami Ecology 99 (3), 517-523, 2018 | 48 | 2018 |
| Endophyte-Mediated Resistance to Herbivores Depends on Herbivore Identity in the Wild Grass Festuca subverticillata ME Afkhami, JA Rudgers Environmental entomology 38 (4), 1086-1095, 2009 | 48 | 2009 |
| Soil microbiomes underlie population persistence of an endangered plant species AS David, PF Quintana-Ascencio, ES Menges, KB Thapa-Magar, ... | 39 | 2019 |
| Native fungal endophytes suppress an exotic dominant and increase plant diversity over small and large spatial scales ME Afkhami, SY Strauss Ecology 97 (5), 1159-1169, 2016 | 32 | 2016 |
| Multiple mutualism effects generate synergistic selection and strengthen fitness alignment in the interaction between legumes, rhizobia and mycorrhizal fungi ME Afkhami, ML Friesen, JR Stinchcombe Ecology Letters 24 (9), 1824-1834, 2021 | 29 | 2021 |
