Min Sheng, Lorinda Bullington, Morgan McLeod, Ylva Lekberg  (2022).  Acquisition and evolution of enhanced mutualism—an underappreciated mechanism for invasive success?  The ISME Journal  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-022-01293-w.

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Lorinda S. Bullington, Ylva Lekberg, Beau G. Larkin   (2021).  Insufficient sampling constrains our characterization of plant microbiomes.  Scientific Reports  11, 364 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83153-9.

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Ylva Lekberg, Carlos A. Arnillas, Elizabeth T. Borer, Lorinda S. Bullington, Noah Fierer, Peter G. Kennedy, Jonathan W. Leff, Angela D. Luis, Eric W. Seabloom, Jeremiah A. Henning   (2021).  Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization consistently favor pathogenic over mutualistic fungi in grassland soils.  Nature Communications  12, 3484 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23605-y.

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Vasilis Kokkoris, Ylva Lekberg, Pedro M. Antunes, Catherine Fahey, James A. Fordyce, Stephanie N. Kivlin, Miranda M. Hart  (2020).  Codependency between plant and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities: what is the evidence?  New Phytologist  228: 828-838. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16676.

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Bueno, C. G., Aldrich-Wolfe, L., Chaudhary, V. B., Gerz, M., Helgason, T., Hoeksema, J. D., Lekberg, Y., ... & Öpik, M.   (2019).  Misdiagnosis and uncritical use of plant mycorrhizal data are not the only elephants in the room: A response to Brundrett & Tedersoo ‘Misdiagnosis of mycorrhizas and inappropriate recycling of data can lead to false conclusions'.  The New Phytologist  https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15976.

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Bullington, L. S., Lekberg, Y., Sniezko, R., & Larkin, B.   (2018).  The influence of genetics, defensive chemistry and the fungal microbiome on disease outcome in whitebark pine trees.  Molecular plant pathology  19(8), 1847-1858. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12663.

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Waller, L. P., Hahn, P. G., Maron, J. L., & Lekberg, Y.   (2018).  Trait differences in responses to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are stronger and more consistent than fixed differences among populations of Asclepias speciosa.  American Journal of Botany  105(2), 207-214. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1038.

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Hahn, P. G., Bullington, L., Larkin, B., LaFlamme, K., Maron, J., & Lekberg, Y.   (2018).  Effects of Short-and Long-Term Variation in Resource Conditions on Soil Fungal Communities and Plant Responses to Soil Biota.  Frontiers in Plant Science  9, 1605. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01937.

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Hahn, P. G., Bullington, L., Larkin, B., LaFlamme, K., Maron, J. L., & Lekberg, Y.   (2018).  Effects of short-and long-term variation in resource conditions on soil fungal communities and plant responses to soil biota.  Frontiers in Plant Science  9, 1605. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01605.

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Egan, C. P., Rummel, A., Kokkoris, V., Klironomos, J., Lekberg, Y., Hart, M.   (2018).  Using mock communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to evaluate fidelity associated with Illumina sequencing.  Fungal Ecology  33, 52-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2018.01.004.

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Lekberg, Y., Wagner, V., Rummel, A., McLeod, M., & Ramsey, P. W.   (2017).  Strong indirect herbicide effects on mycorrhizal associations through plant community shfts and secondary invasions.  Ecological Applications  27(8), 2359-2368. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1613.

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McTee, M. R., Lekberg, Y., Bullington, L., Rummel, A., Mummey, D. L., Ramsey, P. W., & Hinman, N. W.  (2017).  Restoring ecological properties of acidic soils contaminated with elemental sulfur.  Science of The Total Environment  587-588, 449-456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.110.

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Gibbons, S. M., Lekberg, Y., Mummey, D. L., Sangwan, N., Ramsey, P. W., & Gilbert, J. A.  (2017).  Invasive plants rapidly reshape soil properties in a grassland ecosystem.  mSystems  2:e00178-16 doi: 10.1128/mSystems.00178-16.

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Lekberg, Y., & Waller, L. P.  (2016).  What drives differences in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities among plant species?  Fungal Ecology  24, part B, 135-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2016.05.012.

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McLeod, M. L., Cleveland, C. C., Lekberg, Y., Maron, J. L., Philippot, L., Bru, D., & Callaway, R. M.  (2016).  Exotic invasive plants increase productivity, abundance of ammonia-oxiziding bacteria and nitrogen availability in intermountain grasslands.  Journal of Ecology  104(4), 994-1002. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12584.

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Toomer, K. H., Chen, X., Naito, M., Mondo, S. J., den Bakker, H. C., VanKuren, N. W., Lekberg, Y., Morton, J. B., & Pawlowska, T. E  (2015).  Molecular evolution patterns reveal life history features of mycoplasma-related endobacteria associated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.  Molecular Ecology  24(13), 3485- 3500. doi: 10.1111/mec.13250.

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Lekberg, Y. & Koide, R. T.  (2005).  Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, rhizobia, available soil P and nodulation of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) in Zimbabwe.  Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment  110, 143–148.

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Lekberg, Y., Koide, R. T., Rohr, J. R., Aldrich-Wolfe, L. & Morton, J. B.  (2007).  Role of niche restrictions and dispersal in the composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities.  Journal of Ecology  95, 95–105.

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Lekberg, Y., Koide, R. T. & Twomlow, S. J.  (2008).  Effect of agricultural management practices on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundance in low-input cropping systems of southern Africa: a case study from Zimbabwe.  Biology and Fertility of Soils  44, 917–923.

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Appoloni, S., Lekberg, Y., Tercek, M. T., Zabinski, C. A. & Redecker, D.  (2008).  Molecular Community Analysis of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Roots of Geothermal Soils in Yellowstone National Park (USA).  Microbial Ecology  56, 649–659.

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Bunn, R., Lekberg, Y. & Zabinski, C.  (2009).  Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ameliorate temperature stress in thermophilic plants.  Ecology  90, 1378–1388.

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Schnoor, T. K., Lekberg, Y., Rosendahl, S. & Olsson, P. A.  (2011).  Mechanical soil disturbance as a determinant of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in semi-natural grassland.  Mycorrhiza  21, 211–220.

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Lekberg, Y., Meadow, J., Rohr, J. R., Redecker, D. & Zabinski, C. A.  (2011).  Importance of dispersal and thermal environment for mycorrhizal communities: lessons from Yellowstone National Park.  Ecology  92, 1292–1302.

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Lekberg, Y., Roskilly, B., Hendrick, M.F., Zabinski, C.A., Barr, C.M. & Fishman, Lila.  (2012).  Phenotypic and genetic differentiation among yellow monkeyflower populations from thermal and non-thermal soils in Yellowstone National Park.  Oecologia  170, 111–122.

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Lekberg, Y., Gibbons, S. M., Rosendahl, S. & Ramsey, P. W.  (2013).  Severe plant invasions can increase mycorrhizal fungal abundance and diversity.  The ISME journal  7, 1424–1433.

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Nasto, M. K., Alvarez-Clare, S., Lekberg, Y., Syllivan, B.W., Townsend, A.R. & Cleveland, C.C.  (2014).  Interactions among nitrogen fixation and soil phosphorus acquisition strategies in lowland tropical rain forests.  Ecology Letters  17, 1282–1289.

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Lekberg, Y. & Koide, R. T.  (2014).  Integrating physiological, community, and evolutionary perspectives on the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis.  Botany  92, 241–251.

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Bunn, R. A., Lekberg, Y., Gallagher, C., Rosendahl, S. & Ramsey, P. W. (2014)  (2014).  Grassland invaders and their mycorrhizal symbionts: a study across climate and invasion gradients.  Ecology and Evolution   4, 794–805.

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Bunn RA, Ramsey PW, Lekberg Y.   (2015).  Do native and invasive plants differ in their interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi? A meta-analysis.  Journal of Ecology  doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12456.

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