Clearcutting alters decomposition processes and initiates complex restructuring of fungal communities in soil and tree roots

Shift in fungal communities and associated enzyme activities along an age gradient of managed Pinus sylvestris stands

(2017) Julia Kyaschenko et al.   ISME Journal

Growing evidence for facultative biotrophy in saprotrophic fungi: data from microcosm tests with 201 species of wood-decay basidiomycetes

(2017) Gabriel R. Smith et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Feed in summer, rest in winter: microbial carbon utilization in forest topsoil

(2017) Lucia Žifčáková et al.   Microbiome

Globally distributed root endophyte Phialocephala subalpina links pathogenic and saprophytic lifestyles

(2016) Markus Schlegel et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Ectomycorrhizal fungi slow soil carbon cycling

(2016) Colin Averill et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Slowed Biogeochemical Cycling in Sub-arctic Birch Forest Linked to Reduced Mycorrhizal Growth and Community Change after a Defoliation Event

(2016) Thomas C. Parker et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Mycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungal guilds compete for the same organic substrates but affect decomposition differently

(2016) Inga T. M. Bödeker et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Fungal endophytes as priority colonizers initiating wood decomposition

(2016) Zewei Song et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Fungi associated with decomposing deadwood in a natural beech-dominated forest

(2016) Petr Baldrian et al.   Fungal Ecology

Change in soil fungal community structure driven by a decline in ectomycorrhizal fungi following a mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) outbreak

(2016) Gregory J. Pec et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Dead fungal mycelium in forest soil represents a decomposition hotspot and a habitat for a specific microbial community

(2016) Vendula Brabcová et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Microbial activity in forest soil reflects the changes in ecosystem properties between summer and winter

(2015) Lucia Žifčáková et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Effects of tree species and topography on fine and small root decomposition rates of three common tree species (Alnus glutinosa, Picea orientalis and Pinus sylvestris) in Turkey

(2015) Temel Sariyildiz   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Forest harvesting reduces the soil metagenomic potential for biomass decomposition

(2015) Erick Cardenas et al.   ISME Journal

Convergent losses of decay mechanisms and rapid turnover of symbiosis genes in mycorrhizal mutualists

(2015) Annegret Kohler et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Mycorrhizal type determines the magnitude and direction of root-induced changes in decomposition in a temperate forest

(2015) Edward R. Brzostek et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Revisiting the ‘Gadgil effect’: do interguild fungal interactions control carbon cycling in forest soils?

(2015) Christopher W. Fernandez et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A modified soil coring method for measuring fine root production, mortality and decomposition in forests

(2015) Xuefeng Li et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

When the forest dies: the response of forest soil fungi to a bark beetle-induced tree dieback

(2014) Martina Štursová et al.   ISME Journal

Ectomycorrhizal fungi - potential organic matter decomposers, yet not saprotrophs

(2014) Björn D. Lindahl et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Global diversity and geography of soil fungi

(2014) L. Tedersoo et al.   SCIENCE

Analysis of soil fungal communities by amplicon pyrosequencing: current approaches to data analysis and the introduction of the pipeline SEED

(2013) Tomáš Větrovský et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Towards a unified paradigm for sequence-based identification of fungi

(2013) Urmas Kõljalg et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

UPARSE: highly accurate OTU sequences from microbial amplicon reads

(2013) Robert C Edgar   NATURE METHODS

Fungal community analysis by high-throughput sequencing of amplified markers - a user's guide

(2013) Björn D. Lindahl et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The production and turnover of extramatrical mycelium of ectomycorrhizal fungi in forest soils: role in carbon cycling

(2013) A. Ekblad et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Roots and Associated Fungi Drive Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in Boreal Forest

(2013) K. E. Clemmensen et al.   SCIENCE

Spatial variability of soil fungal and bacterial abundance: Consequences for carbon turnover along a transition from a forested to clear-cut site

(2013) Carolyn Churchland et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

A meta-analysis of soil microbial biomass responses to forest disturbances

(2013) Sandra R. Holden et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

New primers to amplify the fungal ITS2 region - evaluation by 454-sequencing of artificial and natural communities

(2012) Katarina Ihrmark et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Significant and persistent impact of timber harvesting on soil microbial communities in Northern coniferous forests

(2012) Martin Hartmann et al.   ISME Journal

Fungal community on decomposing leaf litter undergoes rapid successional changes

(2012) Jana Voříšková et al.   ISME Journal

Accounting Carbon Storage in Decaying Root Systems of Harvested Forests

(2011) G. Geoff Wang et al.   AMBIO

Enzyme activities of fungi associated with Picea abies needles

(2011) Lucia Žifčáková et al.   Fungal Ecology

Active and total microbial communities in forest soil are largely different and highly stratified during decomposition

(2011) Petr Baldrian et al.   ISME Journal

Transformation of Quercus petraea litter: successive changes in litter chemistry are reflected in differential enzyme activity and changes in the microbial community composition

(2010) Jaroslav Šnajdr et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Do all trees carry the seeds of their own destruction? PCR reveals numerous wood decay fungi latently present in sapwood of a wide range of angiosperm trees

(2010) David Parfitt et al.   Fungal Ecology

Disruption of root carbon transport into forest humus stimulates fungal opportunists at the expense of mycorrhizal fungi

(2010) Björn D Lindahl et al.   ISME Journal

Belowground carbon allocation by trees drives seasonal patterns of extracellular enzyme activities by altering microbial community composition in a beech forest soil

(2010) Christina Kaiser et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effects of soil properties and management on the activity of soil organic matter transforming enzymes and the quantification of soil-bound and free activity

(2010) Martina Štursová et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Priming effects: Interactions between living and dead organic matter

(2010) Yakov Kuzyakov   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The role of ectomycorrhizal communities in forest ecosystem processes: New perspectives and emerging concepts

(2010) Pierre-Emmanuel Courty et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Response of ectomycorrhizal community structure to gap opening in natural and managed temperate beech-dominated forests

(2009) Tine Grebenc et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Ectomycorrhizal fungi and their enzymes in soils: is there enough evidence for their role as facultative soil saprotrophs?

(2009) Petr Baldrian   OECOLOGIA

Innovative Methods for Soil DNA Purification Tested in Soils with Widely Differing Characteristics

(2008) M. Sagova-Mareckova et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Dark septate endophytes (DSE) of the Phialocephala fortinii s.l. – Acephala applanata species complex in tree roots: classification, population biology, and ecology

(2008) Christoph R. Grünig et al.   Botany

Decomposers in disguise: mycorrhizal fungi as regulators of soil C dynamics in ecosystems under global change

(2008) J. M. Talbot et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Activity and spatial distribution of lignocellulose-degrading enzymes during forest soil colonization by saprotrophic basidiomycetes

(2007) Jaroslav Šnajdr et al.   ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY