Search Results - "Bullington, Lorinda S."

Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization consistently favor pathogenic over mutualistic fungi in grassland soils by Lekberg, Ylva, Arnillas, Carlos A., Borer, Elizabeth T., Bullington, Lorinda S., Fierer, Noah, Kennedy, Peter G., Leff, Jonathan W., Luis, Angela D., Seabloom, Eric W., Henning, Jeremiah A.

“…Ecosystems across the globe receive elevated inputs of nutrients, but the consequences of this for soil fungal guilds that mediate key ecosystem functions…”
Get full text

More bang for the buck? Can arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities be characterized adequately alongside other fungi using general fungal primers? by Lekberg, Ylva, Vasar, Martti, Bullington, Lorinda S., Sepp, Siim‐Kaarel, Antunes, Pedro M., Bunn, Rebecca, Larkin, Beau G. , Öpik, Maarja

Get full text

Insufficient sampling constrains our characterization of plant microbiomes by Bullington, Lorinda S., Lekberg, Ylva, Larkin, Beau G.

“…Plants host diverse microbial communities, but there is little consensus on how we sample these communities, and this has unknown consequences. Using root and…”
Get full text

Do the evolutionary interactions between moths and bats promote niche partitioning between bats and birds? by Bullington, Lorinda S., Seidensticker, Mathew T., Schwab, Nathan, Ramsey, Philip W., Stone, Kate

“…Ecological theory suggests that the coexistence of species is promoted by the partitioning of available resources, as in dietary niche partitioning where…”
Get full text

Revisiting the ‘direct mineral cycling’ hypothesis: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonize leaf litter, but why? by Bunn, Rebecca A., Simpson, Dylan T., Bullington, Lorinda S., Lekberg, Ylva, Janos, David P.

Get full text

The influence of genetics, defensive chemistry and the fungal microbiome on disease outcome in whitebark pine trees by Bullington, Lorinda S., Lekberg, Ylva, Sniezko, Richard, Larkin, Beau

“…Summary The invasive fungal pathogen Cronartium ribicola infects and kills whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) throughout western North America. Whitebark pine…”
Get full text

Soil moisture and competition determine soil biota effects on invasive Centaurea stoebe by Bunn, Rebecca A., Antunes, Pedro M., Bullington, Lorinda S., Fahey, Catherine, Lekberg, Ylva

“…Soil biota, such as root‐associating fungal mutualists and pathogens, influence plant–plant interactions. Yet, the context‐dependency of their effects remains…”
Get full text

Acquisition and evolution of enhanced mutualism—an underappreciated mechanism for invasive success? by Sheng, Min, Rosche, Christoph, Al-Gharaibeh, Mohammad, Bullington, Lorinda S., Callaway, Ragan M., Clark, Taylor, Cleveland, Cory C., Duan, Wenyan, Flory, S. Luke, Khasa, Damase P., Klironomos, John N., McLeod, Morgan, Okada, Miki, Pal, Robert W., Shah, Manzoor A., Lekberg, Ylva

“…Soil biota can determine plant invasiveness, yet biogeographical comparisons of microbial community composition and function across ranges are rare. We…”
Get full text

Using direct amplification and next-generation sequencing technology to explore foliar endophyte communities in experimentally inoculated western white pines by Bullington, Lorinda S., Larkin, Beau G.

“…Fungal endophytes can influence survivability and disease severity of trees. Here we characterized the endophyte community in Pinus monticola (western white…”
Get full text