Is the loss of A ustralian digging mammals contributing to a deterioration in ecosystem function?

PA Fleming, H Anderson, AS Prendergast… - Mammal …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Mammalian mycophagy: a global review of ecosystem interactions between mammals and fungi

TF Elliott, C Truong, SM Jackson… - Fungal Systematics …, 2022‏ - ingentaconnect.com
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 …

Strong host preference of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a Tasmanian wet sclerophyll forest as revealed by DNA barcoding and taxon‐specific primers

L Tedersoo, T Jairus, BM Horton, K Abarenkov… - New …, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) symbiosis is a widespread plant nutrition strategy in Australia,
especially in semiarid regions. This study aims to determine the diversity, community …

Suilloid fungi as global drivers of pine invasions

N Policelli, TD Bruns, R Vilgalys, MA Nuñez - New Phytologist, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Belowground biota can deeply influence plant invasion. The presence of appropriate soil
mutualists can act as a driver to enable plants to colonize new ranges. We reviewed the …

Nutritive value of popular wild edible mushrooms from northern Thailand

R Sanmee, B Dell, P Lumyong, K Izumori, S Lumyong - Food chemistry, 2003‏ - Elsevier
The nutritive (and market) value of sporocarps of edible wild ectomycorrhizal fungi from
northern Thailand was determined. Protein, fat, crude fibre and carbohydrate concentrations …

Key role of European rabbits in the conservation of the Western Mediterranean basin hotspot

M Delibes‐Mateos, M Delibes, P Ferreras… - Conservation …, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Mediterranean Basin is a global hotspot of biodiversity. Hotspots are said to be
experiencing a major loss of habitat, but an added risk could be the decline of some species …

[PDF][PDF] Biodiversity evaluation tools for European forests

TB Larsson - Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest …, 2001‏ - researchgate.net
The EU project'Indicators for monitoring and evaluation of forest biodiversity in Europe
BEAR', initiated in 1998, is a pan-European concerted action, bringing together expertise …

Restoring composition and structure in southwestern frequent-fire forests: a science-based framework for improving ecosystem resiliency

RT Reynolds, AJS Meador, JA Youtz… - Gen. Tech. Rep …, 2013‏ - research.fs.usda.gov
Ponderosa pine and dry mixed-conifer forests in the Southwest United States are
experiencing, or have become increasingly susceptible to, large-scale severe wildfire …

Small mammal diversity loss in response to late-Pleistocene climatic change

JL Blois, JL McGuire, EA Hadly - Nature, 2010‏ - nature.com
Communities have been shaped in numerous ways by past climatic change; this process
continues today. At the end of the Pleistocene epoch about 11,700 years ago, North …

95% of basidiospores fall within 1 m of the cap: a field-and modeling-based study

TE Galante, TR Horton, DP Swaney - Mycologia, 2011‏ - Taylor & Francis
Plant establishment patterns suggest that ectomycorrhizal fungal (EMF) inoculant is not
found ubiquitously. The role of animal vectors dispersing viable EMF spores is well …