Plant Ecology Laboratory
Research in our lab focuses on diversity patterns in biological communities, and on the interactions underlying these patterns. The main questions we address are: how do communities vary along natural gradients and gradients of human impact? What are the major assembly rules shaping communities; and are they attributable to biotic interactions or environmental heterogeneity? What are the roles of different biotic interactions - including competition, facilitation, herbivory and symbiosis - in structuring communities? Read more
News archive - August
8th International Conference on Mycorrhiza
August 2015
The theme of the conference, which was held in August in Flagstaff, AZ, USA, was broad: Mycorrhizal Integration Across Continents & Scales. Our team was represented by Maarja Öpik, who co-organized the opening symposium “Diversity and biogeography of mycorrhizal fungi“ with Kabir Peay from Stanford University, USA. Maarja gave a presentation in this session, titled “Biodiversity and diversity patterns of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi“. See more on the conference in Twitter.
Global assessment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus diversity reveals very low endemism
August 2015
On August 28th the members of our working group published in collaboration the following paper in Science:
Davison, J., Moora, M., Öpik, M., Adholeya, A., Ainsaar, L., Bâ, A., Burla, S., Diedhiou, A.G., Hiiesalu, I., Jairus, T., Johnson, N.C., Kane,A., Koorem, K., Kochar, M., Ndiaye, C., Pärtel, M., Reier, Ü., Saks, Ü., Singh, R., Vasar, M., Zobel M. Global assessment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus diversity reveals very low endemism. Science 349:970-973.
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