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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.

By: Lorinda Bullington, Beau Larkin, Kelly LaFlamme and more...

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McLeod, M. L., Rummel, A., & Lekberg, Y. (2018). A rapid, quantitative, and affordable fluorometric method to determine the viability of roots with potential application in fungal hyphae. Rhizosphere 6, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2018.01.008.

By: Morgan McLeod, Alexii Cornel and Ylva Lekberg

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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.

By: Ylva Lekberg and Alexii Cornel

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McTee, M. R., Lekberg, Y., Mummey, D., Rummel, A., & Ramsey, P. W. (2017). Do invasive plants structure microbial communities to accelerate decomposition in intermountain grasslands? Ecology and Evolution 7(24), 11227-11235. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3608.

By: Mike McTee, Ylva Lekberg, Dan Mummey and more...

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Soils, Plants and Invasion

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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Soils, Plants and Invasion

New Phytologist (2017). Historical biome distribution and recent human disturbance shape the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Partel, M., Opik, M., Moora, M., Tedersoo, L., Szava-Kovats, R., Rosendahl, S., Rillig, M. C., Lekberg, Y., Kreft, H., Helgason, T., Eriksson, O., Davison, J., deBello, F., Caruso, T., & Zobel, M. 216(1), 227-238. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14695.

By: Ylva Lekberg

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Reinhart, K. O., Lekberg, Y., Klironomos, J., & Maherali, H. (2017). Does responsiveness to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi depend on plant invasive status? Ecology and Evolution 7(16), 6482-6492. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3226.

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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.

By: Mike McTee, Ylva Lekberg, Lorinda Bullington and more...

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Nasto, M. K., Osborne, B. B., Lekberg, Y., Asner, G. P., Balzotti, C. S., Porder, S., Taylor, P. G., Townsend, A. R., & Cleveland, C. C. (2017). Nutrient acquisition, soil phosphorus partitioning and competition among trees in a lowland tropical rain forest. New Phytologist 214(4), 1506-1517. doi: 10.1111/nph.14494.

By: Ylva Lekberg

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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.

By: Ylva Lekberg, Dan Mummey and Philip W. Ramsey

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Bennett, J. A., Maherali, H., Reinhart, K. O., Lekberg, Y., Hart, M. M., & Klironomos, J. (2017). Plant-soil feedbacks and mycorrhizal type influence temperate forest population dynamics. Science 355(6321), 181-184. doi: 10.1126/science.aai8212.

By: Ylva Lekberg

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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.

By: Ylva Lekberg

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Castle, S. C., Lekberg, Y., Affleck, D., & Cleveland, C. C. (2016). Soil abiotic and biotic controls on plant performance during primary succession in a glacial landscape. Journal of Ecology 1555-1565. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12615.

By: Ylva Lekberg

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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.

and Ylva Lekberg

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Marshall, A., Waller, L., & Lekberg, Y. (2016). Cascading effects of fire retardant on plant-microbe interactions, community composition, and invasion. Ecological Applications 26(4), 996-1002. https://doi.org/10.1890/16-0001.1.

By: Ylva Lekberg

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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.

By: Ylva Lekberg

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Soils, Plants and Invasion

Milkweed Fungal Associates: Diversity in Soil, Plants and Insects

May 3rd, 2018

By: Beau Larkin

Research Update

MPG Ranch joins the global research cooperative Nutrient Network

October 2nd, 2017

By: Ylva Lekberg

Milkweed - A Fungal Perspective

November 3rd, 2016

By: Lorinda Bullington and Ylva Lekberg

Koide, R. T., Xu, B., Sharda, J., Lekberg, Y. & Ostiguy, N. (2004). Evidence of species interactions within an ectomycorrhizal fungal community. New Phytologist 165, 305–316.

By: Ylva Lekberg

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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.

By: Ylva Lekberg

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Lekberg, Y. & Koide, R. T. (2005). Is plant performance limited by abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi? A meta-analysis of studies published between 1988 and 2003. New Phytologist 168, 189–204.

By: Ylva Lekberg

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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.

By: Ylva Lekberg

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Piotrowski, J. S., Lekberg, Y., Harner, M. J., Ramsey, P. W. & Rillig, M. C. (2008). Dynamics of mycorrhizae during development of riparian forests along an unregulated river. Ecography 31, 245–253.

By: Ylva Lekberg and Philip W. Ramsey

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