Tree seedling shade tolerance arises from interactions with microbes and is mediated by functional traits

Light availability and plant shade tolerance modify plant‐microbial interactions and feedbacks in subtropical trees

(2023) Nianxun Xi et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Core arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are predicted by their high abundance–occupancy relationship while host‐specific taxa are rare and geographically structured

(2022) Kacie T. Kajihara et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Laccase Directed Lignification Is One of the Major Processes Associated With the Defense Response Against Pythium ultimum Infection in Apple Roots

(2021) Yanmin Zhu et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Do natural enemies mediate conspecific negative distance‐ and density‐dependence of trees? A meta‐analysis of exclusion experiments

(2021) Xiaoyang Song et al.   OIKOS

Plant‐soil feedback effects altered by aboveground herbivory explain plant species abundance in the landscape

(2020) Johannes Heinze et al.   ECOLOGY

Control of Plant Growth and Defense by Photoreceptors: From Mechanisms to Opportunities in Agriculture

(2020) Ronald Pierik et al.   Molecular Plant

Trading on the arbuscular mycorrhiza market: from arbuscules to common mycorrhizal networks

(2019) Daniel Wipf et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Incorporating the disease triangle framework for testing the effect of soil‐borne pathogens on tree species diversity

(2019) Yu Liu et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Recalculating growth and defense strategies under competition: Key roles of photoreceptors and jasmonates

(2019) Carlos L Ballaré et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Lignin‐based barrier restricts pathogens to the infection site and confers resistance in plants

(2019) Myoung‐Hoon Lee et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Pathogens and mutualists as joint drivers of host species coexistence and turnover: implications for plant competition and succession

(2019) Jiang Jiang et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Site Soil-Fertility and Light Availability Influence Plant-Soil Feedback

(2019) Sarah McCarthy-Neumann et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Toward more robust plant-soil feedback research

(2018) Matthew J. Rinella et al.   ECOLOGY

How functional traits influence plant growth and shade tolerance across the life cycle

(2018) Daniel S. Falster et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Increased Gibberellins and Light Levels Promotes Cell Wall Thickness and Enhance Lignin Deposition in Xylem Fibers

(2018) Renan Falcioni et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

lmerTest Package: Tests in Linear Mixed Effects Models

(2017) Alexandra Kuznetsova et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Effects of mycorrhizal fungi on tree seedling growth: quantifying the parasitism–mutualism transition along a light gradient

(2016) Inés Ibáñez et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Plant-soil feedbacks: role of plant functional group and plant traits

(2016) Roeland Cortois et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in forest plant roots are simultaneously shaped by host characteristics and canopy-mediated light availability

(2016) Kadri Koorem et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Shedding light on shade: ecological perspectives of understorey plant life

(2016) Fernando Valladares et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Lights Off for Arbuscular Mycorrhiza: On Its Symbiotic Functioning under Light Deprivation

(2016) Tereza Konvalinková et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi counteract the Janzen-Connell effect of soil pathogens

(2015) Minxia Liang et al.   ECOLOGY

No consistent legacy effects of invasion by giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)viasoil biota on native plant growth

(2015) Jenifer König et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

No consistent legacy effects of invasion by giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)viasoil biota on native plant growth

(2015) Jenifer König et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Light Regulation of Plant Defense

(2014) Carlos L. Ballaré   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Habitat-specific positive and negative effects of soil biota on seedling growth in a fragmented tropical montane landscape

(2014) Camila Pizano et al.   OIKOS

Interactive influence of light intensity and soil fertility on root-associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

(2014) Guoxi Shi et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil biodiversity and soil community composition determine ecosystem multifunctionality

(2014) C. Wagg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plant–soil feedback links negative distance dependence and light gradient partitioning during seedling establishment

(2013) Sarah McCarthy-Neumann et al.   ECOLOGY

Modifying lignin to improve bioenergy feedstocks: strengthening the barrier against pathogens?†

(2013) Scott E. Sattler et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Selectivity by host plants affects the distribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: evidence from ITS rDNA sequence metadata

(2012) Haishui Yang et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Tree range expansion may be enhanced by escape from negative plant–soil feedbacks

(2012) Sarah McCarthy-Neumann et al.   ECOLOGY

The return of the variance: intraspecific variability in community ecology

(2012) Cyrille Violle et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Evaluating the impacts of multiple generalist fungal pathogens on temperate tree seedling survival

(2011) Michelle H. Hersh et al.   ECOLOGY

Modulation of Host Immunity by Beneficial Microbes

(2011) Christos Zamioudis et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Canopy gaps decrease microbial densities and disease risk for a shade-intolerant tree species

(2010) Kurt O. Reinhart et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Phenolic metabolites in the resistance of northern forest trees to pathogens — past experiences and future prospects

(2010) Johanna Witzell et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Optimal partitioning theory revisited: Nonstructural carbohydrates dominate root mass responses to nitrogen

(2010) Richard K. Kobe et al.   ECOLOGY

Resprouting as a persistence strategy of tropical forest trees: relations with carbohydrate storage and shade tolerance

(2010) Lourens Poorter et al.   ECOLOGY

Effects of soil biota from different ranges onRobiniainvasion: acquiring mutualists and escaping pathogens

(2010) Ragan M. Callaway et al.   ECOLOGY

Conspecific and heterospecific plant-soil feedbacks influence survivorship and growth of temperate tree seedlings

(2010) Sarah McCarthy-Neumann et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Unique arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities uncovered in date palm plantations and surrounding desert habitats of Southern Arabia

(2010) Mohamed N. Al-Yahya’ei et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Effect of Light Conditions on the Resistance of Current-year Fagus Crenata Seedlings Against Fungal Pathogens Causing Damping-off in a Natural Beech Forest: Fungus Isolation and Histological and Chemical Resistance

(2009) Yu Ichihara et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Carbon allocation to defense, storage, and growth in seedlings of two temperate broad-leaved tree species

(2009) Aya Imaji et al.   OECOLOGIA

Shade Tolerance, a Key Plant Feature of Complex Nature and Consequences

(2008) Fernando Valladares et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Simultaneous Inference in General Parametric Models

(2008) Torsten Hothorn et al.   BIOMETRICAL JOURNAL

TOLERANCE OF SOIL PATHOGENS CO-VARIES WITH SHADE TOLERANCE ACROSS SPECIES OF TROPICAL TREE SEEDLINGS

(2008) Sarah McCarthy-Neumann et al.   ECOLOGY