Biodiversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and ecosystem function

JR Powell, MC Rillig - New phytologist, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 1059 I. Introduction: pathways of influence and pervasiveness of effects
1060 II. AM fungal richness effects on ecosystem functions 1062 III. Other dimensions of …

Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

M Weemstra, L Mommer, EJW Visser… - New …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
The search for a root economics spectrum (RES) has been sparked by recent interest in trait‐
based plant ecology. By analogy with the one‐dimensional leaf economics spectrum (LES) …

Deterministic processes vary during community assembly for ecologically dissimilar taxa

JR Powell, S Karunaratne, CD Campbell, H Yao… - Nature …, 2015‏ - nature.com
The continuum hypothesis states that both deterministic and stochastic processes contribute
to the assembly of ecological communities. However, the contextual dependency of these …

Ecological intensification and arbuscular mycorrhizas: a meta‐analysis of tillage and cover crop effects

TM Bowles, LE Jackson, M Loeher… - Journal of Applied …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Reliance on ecosystem services instead of synthetic, non‐renewable inputs is increasingly
seen as key to achieving food security in an environmentally sustainable way. This process …

A trait-based understanding of wood decomposition by fungi

N Lustenhouwer, DS Maynard, MA Bradford… - Proceedings of the …, 2020‏ - pnas.org
As the primary decomposers of organic material in terrestrial ecosystems, fungi are critical
agents of the global carbon cycle. Yet our ability to link fungal community composition to …

The traits of “trait ecologists”: An analysis of the use of trait and functional trait terminology

SK Dawson, CP Carmona… - Ecology and …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Trait and functional trait approaches have revolutionized ecology improving our
understanding of community assembly, species coexistence, and biodiversity loss. Focusing …

Interchange of entire communities: microbial community coalescence

MC Rillig, J Antonovics, T Caruso, A Lehmann… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2015‏ - cell.com
Microbial communities are enigmatically diverse. We propose a novel view of processes
likely affecting microbial assemblages, which could be viewed as the Great American …

Shifts in rhizosphere fungal community during secondary succession following abandonment from agriculture

SE Hannula, E Morriën, M de Hollander… - The ISME …, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
Activities of rhizosphere microbes are key to the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. It is
commonly believed that bacteria are the major consumers of root exudates and that the role …

Fungal traits important for soil aggregation

A Lehmann, W Zheng, M Ryo, K Soutschek… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Soil structure, the complex arrangement of soil into aggregates and pore spaces, is a key
feature of soils and soil biota. Among them, filamentous saprobic fungi have well …

Plant herbivore protection by arbuscular mycorrhizas: a role for fungal diversity?

A Frew, PM Antunes, DD Cameron… - New …, 2022‏ - eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
The symbiosis between arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, subphylum Glomeromycotina,
and terrestrial plants is one of the most widespread and arguably most successful plant …