Understanding the mechanisms controlling community diversity is a central, topic in ecology,
particularly in microbial ecology. Although species pools and local assembly processes are …

Across ecology, and particularly within microbial ecology, there is limited understanding how
the generation and maintenance of diversity. Although recent work has shown that both local …

Biodiversity determines the productivity and stability of ecosystems but some aspects of
biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships remain poorly resolved. One key …

Core Ericaceae produce delicate hair roots with inflated rhizodermal cells that host plethora
of fungal symbionts. These poorly known mycobionts include various endophytes, parasites …

Ericaceous plants rely on ericoid mycorrhizal fungi for nutrient acquisition. However, the
factors that affect the composition and structure of fungal communities associated with the …

Phenological shifts due to climate change have been extensively studied in plants and
animals. Yet, the responses of fungal spores—crucial organisms that play important roles in …

Species can evolve rapidly in response to competition but how evolution within communities
affects community properties is unclear. To test this, we grew three marine phytoplankton …