Search Results - "Morrison, Eric W."
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Chronic nitrogen additions fundamentally restructure the soil fungal community in a temperate forest
Published in Fungal ecology (01-10-2016)“…Fungi dominate the microbial biomass of temperate forest soils and are a key driver of ecosystem nutrient cycling. Chronic nitrogen (N) amendments frequently…”
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Carbon Use Efficiency and Its Temperature Sensitivity Covary in Soil Bacteria
Published in mBio (21-01-2020)“…The strategy that microbial decomposers take with respect to using substrate for growth versus maintenance is one essential biological determinant of the…”
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Species associations overwhelm abiotic conditions to dictate the structure and function of wood-decay fungal communities
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-04-2018)“…Environmental conditions exert strong controls on the activity of saprotrophic microbes, yet abiotic factors often fail to adequately predict wood…”
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Drought and plant litter chemistry alter microbial gene expression and metabolite production
Published in The ISME Journal (01-09-2020)“…Drought represents a significant stress to microorganisms and is known to reduce microbial activity and organic matter decomposition in Mediterranean…”
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Characterization of mating type genes in heterothallic Neonectria species, with emphasis on N. coccinea, N. ditissima, and N. faginata
Published in Mycologia (02-09-2020)“…Neonectria ditissima and N. faginata are canker pathogens involved in an insect-fungus disease complex of American beech (Fagus grandifolia) in North America…”
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Fungi exposed to chronic nitrogen enrichment are less able to decay leaf litter
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-01-2017)“…Saprotrophic fungi are the primary decomposers of plant litter in temperate forests, and their activity is critical for carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling…”
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A high-quality draft genome sequence of Neonectria faginata , causative agent of beech bark disease of Fagus grandifolia
Published in Microbiology resource announcements (15-02-2024)“…The draft genome of was sequenced with Oxford Nanopore and Illumina 250 bp paired-end sequencing technologies. The assembled genome was 42.9 Mb distributed…”
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Changes in litter quality caused by simulated nitrogen deposition reinforce the N-induced suppression of litter decay
Published in Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) (01-10-2015)“…Rates of nitrogen (N) deposition are increasing in industrialized and rapidly developing nations. Simulated N deposition suppresses plant litter decay rates,…”
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Pathogen and Endophyte Assemblages Co-vary With Beech Bark Disease Progression, Tree Decline, and Regional Climate
Published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change (24-05-2021)“…Plant–pathogen interactions are often considered in a pairwise manner with minimal consideration of the impacts of the broader endophytic community on disease…”
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Simulated nitrogen deposition favors stress-tolerant fungi with low potential for decomposition
Published in Soil biology & biochemistry (01-10-2018)“…Global changes such as atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition can alter the structure of microbial communities, but a mechanistic understanding of the linkages…”
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Warming alters fungal communities and litter chemistry with implications for soil carbon stocks
Published in Soil biology & biochemistry (01-05-2019)“…Rates of leaf litter decay are generally expected to accelerate with increasing temperature. However, chronic temperature elevation may cause changes in the…”
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Evidence for a genetic basis in functional trait tradeoffs with microbial growth rate but not growth yield
Published in Soil biology & biochemistry (01-09-2022)“…Tradeoffs in microbial functional traits have been a focus of recently described ecological frameworks and of mathematical models of microbial community…”
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Evidence for a genetic basis in functional trait tradeoffs with microbial growth rate but not growth yield
Published in Soil biology & biochemistry (30-06-2022)“…Tradeoffs in microbial functional traits have been a focus of recently described ecological frameworks and of mathematical models of microbial community…”
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Effects of nitrogen fertilization on fungal community structure in a temperate hardwood forest: Implicit links between structure, function and resilience
Published 01-01-2012“…This study documents soil fungal communities at the Harvard Forest Chronic Nitrogen Addition experiment, which was established in 1989 to test the effects of…”
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Effects of nitrogen fertilization on fungal community structure in a temperate hardwood forest: Implicit links between structure, function and resilience
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