2025
Kazmi, F.A., Mander, Ü., Ranniku, R. Öpik, M., et al. (2025) Nitrogen cycling genes abundance in soil and aboveground compartments of tropical peatland cloud forests and a wetland on Réunion Island. Sci Rep 15, 27155 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-12367-y
Frew, A., Powell, J.R., Heuck, … Öpik, M., Vahter, T., et al (2025), AusAMF: The Database of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Australia. Global Ecol Biogeogr, 34: e70090. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70090
Kazmi, F.A., Mander, Ü., Khanongnuch, R., Öpik, M., et al. (2025)Distinct microbial communities drive methane cycling in below- and above-ground compartments of tropical cloud forests growing on peat. Environmental Microbiome 20, 54 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-025-00718-1
Vahter T, Astover A, Davison J, Hiiesalu I, Öpik M., et al (2025) Agricultural disturbance reduces arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and biomass by excluding specialist species. New Phytol. 2025 Sep 4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70548
Aavola, R., Ingver, A., Loit-Harro, E., Kaart, T., Sooväli, P., Hiiesalu, I., & Tamm, I. (2025) Magnesium fertilisation enhanced forage yield primarily in tetraploid perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science, 75(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/09064710.2025.2538457
Chondol, T., Klimeš, A., Hiiesalu, I., et al. 2025. Contrasting habitat associations and ecophysiological adaptations drive interspecific growth differences among Himalayan high-mountain plants, Annals of Botany, mcaf014, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf014
Mander, Ü., Öpik, M., Espenberg, M. 2025. Global peatland greenhouse gas dynamics: state of the art, processes, and perspectives. New Phytologist. Vol 246 (1) https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20436
Pärn, J., Thayamkottu, S., Öpik, M., Bahram, M., Tedersoo, L., Espenberg, M., Davison, J. A, Kasak, K., Maddison, M., Niinemets, Ü., Ostonen, I., Soosaar, K., Sohar, K., Zobel, M., Mander, Ü. Soil moisture and microbiome explain greenhouse gas exchange in global peatlands. Sci Rep 15, 10153 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92891-z
Pärtel, M., Tamme, R., Carmona, C.P., …, Öpik, M., et al. Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08814-5
2024
Davison, J., Gerz, M., Hiiesalu, I., Moora, M., Semchenko, M. & Zobel, M. 2024. Niche types and community assembly. Ecology Letters, 27, e14327. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14327
Frew, A., Powell, J. R., Heuck, M. K., Albornoz, F. E., Birnbaum, C., Dearnaley, J. D., Öpik, M., Vahter, T., … & Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A. (2024). AusAMF: database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in Australia. bioRxiv, 2024-09. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.16.612857
Frew, A., Öpik, M., Oja, J., Vahter, T., Hiiesalu, I. and Aguilar‐Trigueros, C.A. 2024. Herbivory‐driven shifts in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community assembly: increased fungal competition and plant phosphorus benefits. New Phytol. 241: 1891-1899. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19474
Martin, F.M., Öpik, M., Dickie, I.A., 2024. Mycorrhizal research now: from the micro‐ to the macro‐scale. New Phytol. 242, 1399–1403. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19758
Riibak, K., Noreika, N., Helm, A., Öpik, M., Kook, E., Kasari-Toussaint, L., Jõks, M., Paganeli, B., Zárate Martínez, O., Tullus, H., Tullus, T., Lutter, R., Oja, E., Saag, A., Randlane, T., Pärtel, M., 2024. Plants, fungi, and carabid beetles in temperate forests: both observed and dark diversity depend on habitat availability in space and time. Landsc. Ecol. 39, 158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-024-01960-7
Zárate Martínez, O., Hiiesalu, I., Sepp, S.-K., Koorem, K., Vasar, M., Wipulasena, A.Y.A.P., Liu, S., Astover, A., Öpik, M., Pärtel, M., Vahter, T., 2024. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in agricultural fields is explained by the historical proximity to natural habitats. Soil Biol. Biochem. 199, 109591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109591
Timmis, K., Hallsworth, J.E., McGenity, T.J., Armstrong, R., Colom, M.F., …, Öpik, M., et al., 2024. A concept for international societally relevant microbiology education and microbiology knowledge promulgation in society. Microb. Biotechnol. 17, e14456. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.14456
Vahter, T., Taylor, A.R., Landa, B.B., Linsler, D., Rodriguez, E.M.M., Moreno, F.G., Pérès, G., Engell, I., Hiiesalu, I., Bengtsson, J., Oja, J., Torppa, K.A., Arias-Giraldo, L.F., Guzmán, G., Potthoff, M., Vasar, M., Sandor, M., Sepp, S.-K., Stoian, V., Öpik, M., 2024. Reduced tillage intensity does not increase arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in European long‐term experiments. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 75, e13546. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13546
2023
Jõks, M.; Helm, A.; Kasari-Toussaint, L.; Kook, E.; Lutter, R.; Noreika, N.; Oja, E.; Öpik, M.; Randlane, T.; Reier, Ü.; Riibak, K.; Saag, A.; Tullus, H.; Tullus, T.; Pärtel, M. (2023). A simulation model of functional habitat connectivity demonstrates the importance of species establishment in older forests. Ecological Modelling, 481, 110361. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2023.110361.
Meng, Yiming; Davison, John; Clarke, John T.; Zobel, Martin; Gerz, Maret; Moora, Mari; Öpik, Maarja; Bueno, C. Guillermo (2023). Environmental modulation of plant mycorrhizal traits in the global flora. Ecology Letters, 26 (11), 1862−1876. DOI: 10.1111/ele.14309.
Frew, A., Öpik, M., Oja, J., Vahter, T., Hiiesalu, I. and Aguilar‐Trigueros, C.A., 2023. Herbivory‐driven shifts in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community assembly: increased fungal competition and plant phosphorus benefits. New Phytologist.
Wipulasena, A.A.P., Davison, J., Helm, A., Kasari, L., Moora, M., Prangel, E., Reitalu, T., Vahter, T., Vasar, M. and Zobel, M., 2023. Soil community composition in dynamic stages of semi-natural calcareous grassland. Plos one, 18(10), p.e0292425.
Torppa, K.A., Forkman, J., Maaroufi, N.I., Taylor, A.R., Vahter, T., Vasar, M., Weih, M., Öpik, M. and Viketoft, M., 2023. Soil compaction effects on arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in wheat depend on host plant variety. Plant and Soil, pp.1-17.
Vasar, M., Davison, J., Moora, M., Sepp, S. K., Anslan, S., Al-Quraishy, S., …Vahter,T. & Zobel, M. 2023. Metabarcoding of soil environmental DNA to estimate plant diversity globally. Frontiers in plant science, 14, 1106617.
Vahter, T., Lillipuu, E.M., Oja, J., Öpik, M., Vasar, M. and Hiiesalu, I. 2023. Do commercial arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculants contain the species that they claim?. Mycorrhiza, pp.1-10.
Sepp, S. K., Vasar, M., Davison, J., Oja, J., Anslan, S., Al-Quraishy, S., … Vahter,T. & Zobel, M. 2023. Global diversity and distribution of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the soil. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1100235.
Marín, Cesar; Godoy, Roberto; Boy, Jens; Öpik, Maarja (2023). Geological History and Forest Mycorrhizal Dominance Effects on Soil Fungal Diversity in Chilean Temperate Rainforests. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition, 00−00. DOI: 10.1007/s42729-022-01078-2.
2022
Bahram, Mohammad; Espenberg, Mikk; Pärn, Jaan; Lehtovirta-Morley, Laura; Anslan, Sten; Kasak, Kuno; Kõljalg, Urmas; Liira, Jaan; Maddison, Martin; Moora, Mari; Niinemets, Ülo; Öpik, Maarja; Pärtel, Meelis; Soosaar, Kaido; Zobel, Martin; Hildebrand, Falk; Tedersoo, Leho; Mander, Ülo (2022). Structure and function of the soil microbiome underlying N2O emissions from global wetlands. Nature Communications, 13, 1430. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29161-3.
Davison, John; Vasar, Martti; Sepp, Siim‐Kaarel; Oja, Jane; Al‐Quraishy, Saleh; Bueno, C. Guillermo; Cantero, Juan José; Chimbioputo Fabiano, Ezequiel; Decocq, Guillaume; Fraser, Lauchlan; Hiiesalu, Inga; Hozzein, Wael N.; Koorem, Kadri; Moora, Mari; Mucina, Ladislav; Onipchenko, Vladimir; Öpik, Maarja; Pärtel, Meelis; Phosri, Cherdchai; Semchenko, Marina … Zobel, Martin (2022). Dominance, diversity, and niche breadth in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities. Ecology, 103 (9), ARTN e3761. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3761.
Elmqvist, Thomas; Valkó, Orsolya; Walloe, Lars; Smagghe, Guy; Van Montagu, Marc; Mihailova, Mihaela; Yovchevska, Plamena; Basic, Ferdo; Prach, Karel; Baldassarre Svecova, Eva; Helenius, Juha; Peltonen-Sainio, Pirjo; Öpik, Maarja; Niinemets, Ülo; Takkis, Krista; Delseny, Michel; Karamanos, Andreas; Lengyel, Szabolcs; Morgante, Michele; Kadziuliene, Zydre … Hartley, Sue (2022). EASAC policy report 44: Regenerative agriculture in Europe : A critical analysis of contributors to European Union Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies. Halle: German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
González Fradejas, Guillermo; García de León, David; Vasar, Martti; Koorem, Kadri; Zobel, Martin; Öpik, Maarja; Moora, Mari; Rey Benayas, José María (2022). Hedgerows increase the diversity and modify the composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Mediterranean agricultural landscapes. Mycorrhiza, 32 (5), 397−407. DOI: 10.1007/s00572-022-01090-5.
Perez-Lamarque, Benoit; Öpik, Maarja; Maliet, Odile; Silva, Ana C. Afonso; Selosse, Marc-Andre; Martos, Florent; Morlon, Helene (2022). Analysing diversification dynamics using barcoding data: The case of an obligate mycorrhizal symbiont. Molecular Ecology, 31 (12), 3496−3512. DOI: 10.1111/mec.16478.
Puy, Javier; Carmona, Carlos P.; Hiiesalu, Inga; Öpik, Maarja; Bello, Francesco; Moora, Mari (2022). Mycorrhizal symbiosis alleviates plant water deficit within and across generations via phenotypic plasticity. Journal of Ecology, 110, 262−276. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13810.
Rasmussen, Pil U.; Abrego, Nerea; Roslin, Tomas; Öpik, Maarja; Sepp, Siim-Kaarel; Blanchet, F. Guillaume; Huotari, Tea; Hugerth, Luisa W.; Tack, Ayco J. M. (2022). Elevation and plant species identity jointly shape a diverse arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community in the High Arctic. New Phytologist, 236, 671−683. DOI: 10.1111/nph.18342.
Tedersoo, Leho; Mikryukov, Vladimir; Zizka, Alexander; Bahram, Mohammad; Hagh-Doust, Niloufar; Anslan, Sten; Prylutskyi, Oleh; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel; Maestre, Fernando T.; Parn, Jaan; Öpik, Maarja; …Hiiesalu, Inga; … Abarenkov, Kessy (2022). Global patterns in endemicity and vulnerability of soil fungi. Global Change Biology, 28 (22), 6696−6710. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16398.
Vahter, T; Sepp, S-K; Astover, A; Helm, A; Kikas, T; Liu, S; Oja, J; Öpik, M; Penu, P; Vasar, M; Veromann, E; Zobel, M; Hiiesalu, I. (2022). Landscapes, management practices and their interactions shape soil fungal diversity in arable fields – Evidence from a nationwide farmers’ network. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 168, 108652. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108652.
Vasar, Martti; Davison, John; Sepp, Siim-Kaarel; Oja, Jane; Al-Quraishy, Saleh; Bueno, C. Guillermo; Cantero, Juan José; Fabiano, Ezequiel Chimbioputo; Decocq, Guillaume; Fraser, Lauchlan; Hiiesalu, Inga; Hozzein, Wael N.; Koorem, Kadri; Moora, Mari; Mucina, Ladislav; Onipchenko, Vladimir; Öpik, Maarja; Pärtel, Meelis; Phosri, Cherdchai; Vahter, Tanel … Zobel, Martin (2022). Global taxonomic and phylogenetic assembly of AM fungi. Mycorrhiza, 32 (2), 135−144. DOI: 10.1007/s00572-022-01072-7.
Vasar, Martti; Davison, John; Sepp, Siim-Kaarel; Mucina, Ladislav; Oja, Jane; Al-Quraishy, Saleh; Anslan, Sten; Bahram, Mohammad; Bueno, C. Guillermo; Cantero, Juan José; Decocq, Guillaume; Fraser, Lauchlan; Hiiesalu, Inga; Hozzein, Wael N.; Koorem, Kadri; Meng, Yiming; Moora, Mari; Onipchenko, Vladimir; Öpik, Maarja; …Vahter, Tanel; … Zobel, Martin (2022). Global soil microbiomes: a new frontline of biome-ecology research. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31 (6), 1120−1132. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13487.
Zobel, Martin; Moora, Mari; Pärtel, Meelis; Semchenko, Marina; Tedersoo, Leho; Öpik, Maarja; Davison, John (2022). The multiscale feedback theory of biodiversity. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, xx−xx. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.09.008 [ilmumas].
2021
Bueno, C. Guillermo; Davison, John; Leon, Daniela; Meng, Yiming; Öpik, Maarja; Zobel, Martin; Moora, Mari (2021). Towards a consistent benchmark for plant mycorrhizal association databases. New Phytologist, 231 (3), 913−916. DOI: 10.1111/nph.17417.
Bueno, C. Guillermo; Hiiesalu, Inga; Koorem, Kadri (2021). How and where do disturbances promote the establishment of nonnative mycorrhizal plants at high elevations? New Phytologist, 230 (3), 883−885. DOI: 10.1111/nph.17274.
Castro, Francisco; Adl, Sina M.; Allesina, Stefano; Bardgett, Richard D.; Bolger, Thomas; Dalzell, Johnathan J.; Emmerson, Mark; Fleming, Thomas; Garlaschelli, Diego; Grilli, Jacopo; Hannula, Silja Emilia; Vries, Franciska; Lindo, Zoë; Maule, Aaron G.; Öpik, Maarja; Rillig, Matthias C.; Veresoglou, Stavros D.; Wall, Diana H.; Caruso, Tancredi (2021). Local stability properties of complex, species‐rich soil food webs with functional block structure. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8278.
Davison, John; Moora, Mari; Semchenko, Marina; Adenan, Sakeenah Binte; Ahmed, Talaat; Akhmetzhanova, Asem A.; Alatalo, Juha M.; Al‐Quraishy, Saleh; Andriyanova, Elena; Anslan, Sten; Bahram, Mohammad; Batbaatar, Amgaa; Brown, Charlotte; Bueno, C. Guillermo; Cahill, James; Cantero, Juan José;…Hiiesalu, Inga; …Vahter, Tanel; … Öpik, Maarja (2021). Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist, 231 (2), 736−776. DOI: 10.1111/nph.17240.
Frew, Adam; Price, Jodi N; Oja, Jane; Vasar, Martti; Öpik, Maarja (2021). Impacts of elevated atmospheric CO2 on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their role in moderating plant allometric partitioning. Mycorrhiza. DOI: 10.1007/s00572-021-01025-6.
Hiiesalu, Inga; Klimesova, Jitka; Dolezal, Jiri; Mudrak, Ondrej; Gotzenberger, Lars; Hornik, Jan; de Bello, Francesco (2021). Hidden below-ground plant diversity buffers against species loss during land-use change in species-rich grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12971.
Hoeffner, K.; Beylich, A.; Chabbi, A.; , Cluzeau, D.; Dascalu, D.; , Graefe, U.; , Guzmán, G.; Hallaire, V.; Hanisch, J.; Landa, B.B.; Linsler, D.; Menasseri, S.; Öpik, M.; Potthoff, M.; Sandor, M.; Scheu, S.; Schmelz, R.M.; Engell, I.; Schrader, S.; Vahter, T. … Peres, G. (2021). Legacy effects of temporary grassland in annual crop rotation on soil ecosystem services. The Science of The Total Environment, 780, 146140. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146140.
Liu, Siqiao; Moora, Mari; Vasar, Martti; Zobel, Martin; Öpik, Maarja; Koorem, Kadri (2021). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi promote small-scale vegetation recovery in the forest understorey. Oecologia. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-021-05065-9.
Lücking, Robert; Aime, M. Catherine; Robbertse, Barbara; Miller, Andrew N.; Aoki, Takayuki; Ariyawansa, Hiran A.; Cardinali, Gianluigi; Crous, Pedro W.; Druzhinina, Irina S.; Geiser, David M.; Hawksworth, David L.; Hyde, Kevin D.; Irinyi, Laszlo; Jeewon, Rajesh; Johnston, Peter R.; Kirk, Paul M.; Malosso, Elaine; May, Tom W.; Meyer, Wieland; Nilsson, Henrik R. … Schoch, Conrad L. (2021). Fungal taxonomy and sequence-based nomenclature. Nature Microbiology, 6, 540−548. DOI: 10.1038/s41564-021-00888-x.
Neuenkamp, Lena; Zobel, Martin; Koorem, Kadri; Jairus, Teele; Davison, John; Öpik, Maarja; Vasar, Martti; Moora, Mari (2021). Light availability and light demand of plants shape the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in their roots. Ecology Letters, 24, 426−437. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13656.
Noreika, Norbertas; Pärtel, Meelis; Öpik, Maarja (2021). Effects of mutualistic and pathogenic soil mycobiota on forest ecosystem functioning: herbaceous phytometer growth on natural and sterilised soils. Ecological Indicators, 127, 107792. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107792.
Onipchenko, Vladimir G.; Kipkeev, Alii M.; Mommer, Liesje; van der Paauw, Jan Willem; van Logtestijn, Richard S. P.; Tekeev, Dzhamal K.; Zernov, Alexander S.; Akhmetzhanova, Asem A.; Kozhevnikova, Anna D.; Hiiesalu, Inga; Makarov, Mikhail I.; Cornelissen, Johannes H. C. (2021). Snow roots: Where are they and what are they for? Ecology. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3255.
Paz, Claudia; Öpik, Maarja; Bulascoschi, Leticia; Bueno, C. Guillermo; Galetti, Mauro (2021). Dispersal of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Evidence and Insights for Ecological Studies. Microbial Ecology, 81, 283−292. DOI: 10.1007/s00248-020-01582-x.
Sepp, Siim‐Kaarel; Davison, John; Moora, Mari; Neuenkamp, Lena; Oja, Jane; Roslin, Tomas; Vasar, Martti; Öpik, Maarja; Zobel, Martin (2021). Woody encroachment in grassland elicits complex changes in the functional structure of above‐ and belowground biota. Ecosphere, 12 (5), e03512. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3512.
Tamme, Riin; Pärtel, Meelis; Kõljalg, Urmas; Laanisto, Lauri; Liira, Jaan; Mander, Ülo; Moora, Mari; Niinemets, Ülo; Öpik, Maarja; Ostonen, Ivika; Tedersoo, Leho; Zobel, Martin (2021). Global macroecology of nitrogen-fixing plants. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30 (2), 514−526. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13236.
Tedersoo, Leho; Mikryukov, Vladimir; Anslan, Sten; Bahram, Mohammad; Khalid, Abdul Nasir; Corrales, Adriana; Agan, Ahto; Vasco-Palacios, Aida-M; Saitta, Alessandro; Antonelli, Alexandre; Rinaldi, Andrea C.; Verbeken, Annemieke; Sulistyo, Bobby P.; Tamgnoue, Boris; Furneaux, Brendan; Ritter, Hiiesalu, Inga;… Abarenkov, Kessy (2021). The Global Soil Mycobiome consortium dataset for boosting fungal diversity research. Fungal Diversity, 111 (1), 573−588. DOI: 10.1007/s13225-021-00493-7.
Toom, Merili; Tamm, Sirje; Talgre, Liina; Tamm, Ilmar; Tamm, Ülle; Narits, Lea; Hiiesalu, Inga; Edesi, Liina; Talve, Tiina; Mäe, Andres; Lauringson, Enn (2021). The effect of sowing date on biomass and nitrogen accumulation of five winter cover crop species. Agricultural Research & Technology Open Access Journal, 25 (3). DOI: 10.19080/ARTOAJ.2021.25.556308
Vasar, Martti; Davison, John; Sepp, Siim-Kaarel; Öpik, Maarja; Moora, Mari; Koorem, Kadri; Meng, Yiming; Oja, Jane; Akhmetzhanova, Asem A; Al-Quraishy, Saleh; Onipchenko, Vladimir G; Cantero, Juan J; Glassman, Sydney I; Hozzein, Wael N; Zobel, Martin (2021). Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in the Soils of Desert Habitats. Microorganisms, 9 (2). DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9020229.
Vasar, Martti; Davison, John; Neuenkamp, Lena; Sepp, Siim-Kaarel; Young, J Peter W; Moora, Mari; Öpik, Maarja (2021). User-friendly bioinformatics pipeline gDAT (graphical downstream analysis tool) for analysing rDNA sequences. Molecular Ecology Resources, 21, 1380−1392. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13340.
2020
Aavik, Tsipe; Carmona, Carlos P.; Träger, Sabrina; Kaldra, Marianne; Reinula, Iris; Conti, Elena; Keller, Barbara; Helm, Aveliina; Hiiesalu, Inga; Hool, Kertu; Kaisel, Mari; Oja, Tatjana; Lotman, Silvia; Pärtel, Meelis (2020). Landscape context and plant population size affect morph frequencies in heterostylous Primula veris ‐ results of a nationwide citizen‐science campaign. Journal of Ecology, 108, 2169−2183. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13488.
Bender, Ingrid; Edesi, Liina; Hiiesalu, Inga; Ingver, Anne; Kaart, Tanel; Kaldmäe, Hedi; Talve, Tiina; Tamm, Ilmar; Luik, Anne (2020). Organic Carrot (Daucus carota L.) Production Has an Advantage over Conventional in Quantity as Well as in Quality. Agronomy, 10 (9), 1420. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10091420.
Blaus, A.; Reitalu, T.; Gerhold, P.; Hiiesalu, I.; Massante, J.C.; Veski, S. (2020). Modern pollen–plant diversity relationships inform palaeoecological reconstructions of functional and phylogenetic diversity in calcareous fens. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, ARTN 207. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00207.
Davison, J.; García de León, D.; Zobel, M.; Moora, M.; Bueno, C.G.; Barceló, M.; Gerz, M.; León, D.; Meng, Y.; Pillar, V.D.; Sepp, S.K.; Soudzilovaskaia, N.A.; Tedersoo, L.; Vaessen, S.; Vahter, T.; Winck, B.; Öpik, M. (2020). Plant functional groups associate with distinct arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities. New Phytologist, 226 (4), 1117−1128. DOI: 10.1111/nph.16423.
Deckmyn, Gaby; Flores, Omar; Mayer, Mathias; Domene, Xavier; Schnepf, Andrea; Kuka, Katrin; Van Looy, Kris; Rasse, Daniel P.; Briones, Maria J.I.; Barot, Sébastien; Berg, Matty; Vanguelova, Elena; Ostonen, Ivika; Vereecken, Harry; Suz, Laura M.; Frey, Beat; Frossard, Aline; Tiunov, Alexei; Frouz, Jan; Grebenc, Tine … Curiel Yuste, Jorge (2020). KEYLINK: towards a more integrative soil representation for inclusion in ecosystem scale models. I. review and model concept. PeerJ, 8, e9750. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9750.
García de León, David; Vahter, Tanel; Zobel, Martin; Koppel, Mati; Edesi, Liina; Davison, John; Al-Quraishy, Saleh; Hozzein, Wael N.; Moora, Mari; Oja, Jane; Vasar, Martti; Öpik, Maarja (2020). Different wheat cultivars exhibit variable responses to inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from organic and conventional farms. PLoS ONE, 15 (5). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233878.
Jimenez J.J., Filser J., Barot S., Schmidt O., + 44 authors (2020). Soil fauna: key to soil organic matter dynamics and modelling HANDBOOK OF METHODS. COST Action ES1406. 1−64.
Juan-Ovejero, R.; Briones, M. J., I; Öpik, M. (2020). Fungal diversity in peatlands and its contribution to carbon cycling. Applied Soil Ecology, 146, 103393. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2019.103393.
Loit, Kaire; Soonvald, Liina; Astover, Alar; Runno-Paurson, Eve; Öpik, Maarja; Tedersoo, Leho (2020). Temporal and Cultivar-Specific Effects on Potato Root and Soil Fungal Diversity. Agronomy, 10 (10), ARTN 1535. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10101535.
Lücking, Robert; Aime, M. Catherine; Robbertse, Barbara; Miller, Andrew N.; Ariyawansa, Hiran A.; Aoki, Takayuki; Cardinali, Gianluigi; Crous, Pedro W.; Druzhinina, Irina S.; Geiser, David M.; Hawksworth, David L.; Hyde, Kevin D.; Irinyi, Laszlo; Jeewon, Rajesh; Johnston, Peter R.; Kirk, Paul M.; Malosso, Elaine; May, Tom W.; Meyer, Wieland; Öpik, Maarja … Schoch, Conrad L. (2020). Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding? IMA Fungus, 11 (1), 14. DOI: 10.1186/s43008-020-00033-z.
Martin, Francis M.; Dickie, Ian; Lindahl, Bjorn D.; Lennon, Sarah; Öpik, Maarja; Polle, Andrea; Requena, Natalia; Selosse, Marc-Andre; Koide, Roger T.; Jakobsen, Iver; Watts-Williams, Stephanie J.; Cavagnaro, Timothy R. (2020). A tribute to Sally E. Smith. New Phytologist, 228 (2), 397−402. DOI: 10.1111/nph.16895.
Perez‐Lamarque, Benoît; Selosse, Marc‐André; Öpik, Maarja; Morlon, Hélène; Martos, Florent (2020). Cheating in arbuscular mycorrhizal mutualism: a network and phylogenetic analysis of mycoheterotrophy. New Phytologist, 226, 1822−1835. DOI: 10.1111/nph.16474.
Põlme, Sergei; Abarenkov, Kessy; Henrik Nilsson, R.; Lindahl, Björn D.; Clemmensen, Karina Engelbrecht; Kauserud, Havard; Nguyen, Nhu; Kjøller, Rasmus; Bates, Scott T.; Baldrian, Petr; Frøslev, Tobias Guldberg; Adojaan, Kristjan; Vizzini, Alfredo; Suija, Ave; Pfister, Donald; Baral, Hans-Otto; Järv, Helle; Madrid, Hugo; Nordén, Jenni; Liu, Jian-Kui; Hiiesalu, Inga;…Öpik, Maarja;…Vahter, Tanel; … Tedersoo, Leho (2020). FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles. Fungal Diversity, 105 (1), 1−16. DOI: 10.1007/s13225-020-00466-2.
Stevens, Bo Maxwell; Propster, Jeffrey Ryan; Öpik, Maarja; Wilson, Gail W. T.; Alloway, Sara Lynne; Mayemba, Emilian; Johnson, Nancy Collins (2020). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in roots and soil respond differently to biotic and abiotic factors in the Serengeti. Mycorrhiza, 30, 79−95. DOI: 10.1007/s00572-020-00931-5.
Toussaint, Aurele; Bueno, Guillermo; Davison, John; Moora, Mari; Tedersoo, Leho; Zobel, Martin; Öpik, Maarja; Pärtel, Meelis (2020). Asymmetric patterns of global diversity among plants and mycorrhizal fungi. Journal of Vegetation Science, 31, 355-366. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12837.
Vahter, Tanel; Bueno, C. Guillermo; Davison, John; Herodes, Koit; Hiiesalu, Inga; Kasari‐Toussaint, Liis; Oja, Jane; Olsson, Pål Axel; Sepp, Siim‐Kaarel; Zobel, Martin; Vasar, Martti; Öpik, Maarja (2020). Co‐introduction of native mycorrhizal fungi and plant seeds accelerates restoration of post‐mining landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57 (9), 1741−1751. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13663.
2019
Bueno, C. Guillermo; Aldrich‐Wolfe, Laura; Chaudhary, V. Bala; Gerz, Maret; Helgason, Thorunn; Hoeksema, Jason D.; Klironomos, John; Lekberg, Ylva; Leon, Daniela; Maherali, Hafiz; Öpik, Maarja; Zobel, Martin; Moora, Mari (2019). Misdiagnosis and uncritical use of plant mycorrhizal data are not the only elephants in the room. New Phytologist, 224 (4). DOI: 10.1111/nph.15976.
Faggioli, Valeria Soledad; Cabello, Marta Noemi; Grilli, Gabriel; Vasar, Martti; Covacevich, Fernanda; Öpik, Maarja (2019). Root colonizing and soil borne communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi differ among soybean fields with contrasting historical land use. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 269, 174−182. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2018.10.002.
Gavito, Mayra E.; Leyva-Morales, Ricardo; Vega-Pena, Ernesto V.; Arita, Hector; Jairus, Teele; Vasar, Martti; Öpik, Maarja (2019). Local-scale spatial diversity patterns of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities in a subtropical pine-oak forest. Fungal Ecology, 42, 100860. DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2019.08.004.
Noreika, Norbertas; Helm, Aveliina; Öpik, Maarja; Jairus, Teele; Vasar, Martti; Reier, Ülle; Kook, Ene; Riibak, Kersti; Kasari, Liis; Tullus, Hardi; Tullus, Tea; Lutter, Reimo; Oja, Ede; Saag, Andres; Randlane, Tiina; Pärtel, Meelis (2019). Forest biomass, soil and biodiversity relationships originate from biogeographic affinity and direct ecological effects. Oikos, 128 (11), 1653−1665. DOI: 10.1111/oik.06693.
Pena-Venegas, Clara P.; Kuyper, Thomas W.; Davison, John; Jairus, Teele; Vasar, Martti; Stomph, Tjeerd Jan; Struik, Paul C.; Öpik, Maarja (2019). Distinct arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities associate with different manioc landraces and Amazonian soils. Mycorrhiza, 29 (3), 263−275. DOI: 10.1007/s00572-019-00891-5.
Sepp, Siim-Kaarel; Davison, John; Jairus, Teele; Vasar, Martti; Moora, Mari; Zobel, Martin; Öpik, Maarja (2019). Non‐random association patterns in a plant‐mycorrhizal fungal network reveal host‐symbiont specificity. Molecular Ecology, 28 (2), 365−378. DOI: 10.1111/mec.14924.
Toom, Merili; Tamm, Sirje; Talgre, Liina; Tamm, Ilmar; Tamm, Ülle; Narits, Lea; Hiiesalu, Inga; Mäe, Andres; Lauringson, Enn (2019). The Effect of Cover Crops on the Yield of Spring Barley in Estonia. Agriculture, 9 (8), ARTN 172. DOI: 10.3390/agriculture9080172.
Träger, Sabrina; Öpik, Maarja; Vasar, Martti; Wilson, Scott D. (2019). Belowground plant parts are crucial for comprehensively estimating total plant richness in herbaceous and woody habitats. Ecology, 100 (2), e02575. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2575.
2018
Bruns, Thomas D.; Corradi, Nicolas; Redecker, Dirk; Taylor, John W.; Öpik, Maarja (2018). Glomeromycotina: what is a skoospecies and why should we care? New Phytologist, 220 (4). DOI: 10.1111/nph.14913.
Davison, John; Moora, Mari; Öpik, Maarja; Ainsaar, Leho; Ducousso, Marc; Hiiesalu, Inga; Jairus, Teele; Johnson, Nancy; Jourand, Philippe; Kalamees, Rein; Koorem, Kadri; Meyers, Jean-Yves; Pussa, Kersti; Reier, Ulle; Partel, Meelis; Semchenko, Marina; Traveset, Anna; Vasar, Martti; Zobel, Martin (2018). Microbial island biogeography: isolation shapes the life history characteristics but not diversity of root-symbiotic fungal communities. The ISME Journal, 12 (9), 2211−2224. DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0196-8.
García de León, D.;Neuenkamp, L.; Moora, M.; Öpik, M.;Davison, J.;Peña-Venegas, C-P;Vasar, M.; Zobel, M. (2018). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in tropical rain forest are resilient to slash-and-burn agriculture. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 34 (3), 186−199. DOI: 10.1017/S0266467418000184.
García de León, David; Cantero, Juan José; Moora, Mari; Öpik, Maarja; Davison, John; Vasar, Martti; Jairus, Teele; Zobel, Martin (2018). Soybean cultivation supports a diverse arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community in central Argentina. Applied Soil Ecology, 124, 289−297. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2017.11.020.
García de León, David; Davison, John; Moora, Mari; Öpik, Maarja; Feng, Huyuan; Hiiesalu, Inga; Jairus, Teele; Koorem, Kadri; Liu, Yongjun; Phosri, Cherdchai; Sepp, Siim-Kaarel; Vasar, Martti; Zobel, Martin (2018). Anthropogenic disturbance equalizes diversity levels in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities. Global Change Biology, 24 (6), 2649−2659. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14131.
Jiang, Shengjing; Liu, Yongjun; Luo, Jiajia; Qin, Mingsen; Johnson, Nancy Collins; Opik, Maarja; Vasar, Martti; Chai, Yuxing; Zhou, Xiaolong; Mao, Lin; Du, Guozhen; An, Lizhe; Feng, Huyuan (2018). Dynamics of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community structure and functioning along a nitrogen enrichment gradient in an alpine meadow ecosystem. New Phytologist, 220 (4), 1222−1235. DOI: 10.1111/nph.15112.
Lekberg, Ylva; Vasar, Martti; Bullington, Lorinda S.; Sepp, Siim-Kaarel; Antunes, Pedro M.; Bunn, Rebecca; Larkin, Beau G.; Öpik, Maarja (2018). More bang for the buck? Can arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities be characterized adequately alongside other fungi using general fungal primers? New Phytologist, 220 (4), 971−976. DOI: 10.1111/nph.15035.
Loit, Kaire; Soonvald, Liina; Kukk, Martin; Astover, Alar; Runno-Paurson, Eve; Kaart, Tanel; Öpik, Maarja (2018). The indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonisation potential in potato roots is affected by agricultural treatments. Agronomy Research, 16 (2). DOI: 10.15159/ar.18.063.
Martin, Francis M.; Harrison, Maria J.; Lennon, Sarah; Lindahl, Bjoern; Öpik, Maarja; Polle, Andrea; Requena, Natalia; Selosse, Marc-Andre (2018). Cross-scale integration of mycorrhizal function. New Phytologist, 220 (4), 941−946. DOI: 10.1111/nph.15493.
Neuenkamp, Lena; Moora, Mari; Öpik, Maarja; Davison, John; Gerz, Maret; Männistö, Minna; Jairus, Teele; Vasar, Martti; Zobel, Martin (2018). The role of plant mycorrhizal type and status in modulating the relationship between plant and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities. New Phytologist, 220 (4), 1236−1247. DOI: 10.1111/nph.14995.
Puy, Javier; Dvorakova, Hana; Carmona, Carlos P.; de Bello, Francesco; Hiiesalu, Inga; Latzel, Vit (2018). Improved demethylation in ecological epigenetic experiments: Testing a simple and harmless foliar demethylation application. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9 (3), 744−753. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12903.
Põlme, Sergei; Bahram, Mohammad; Jacquemyn, Hans; Kennedy, Peter; Kohout, Petr; Moora, Mari; Oja, Jane; Öpik, Maarja; Pecoraro, Lorenzo; Tedersoo, Leho (2018). Host preference and network properties in biotrophic plant–fungal associations. New Phytologist, 217, 1230−1239. DOI: 10.1111/nph.14895.
Sepp, Siim-Kaarel; Jairus, Teele; Vasar, Martti; Zobel, Martin; Öpik, Maarja (2018). Effects of land use on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in Estonia. Mycorrhiza, 28 (3), 259−268. DOI: 10.1007/s00572-018-0822-3.
Waller, Lauren; Felten, Judith; Hiiesalu, Inga; Vogt-Schilb, Helene (2018). Sharing resources for mutual benefit: crosstalk between disciplines deepens the understanding of mycorrhizal symbioses across scales. New Phytologist, 271 (1), 29−32. DOI: 10.1111/nph.14912.
2017
Bueno, C.G.; Moora, M.; Gerz, M.; Davison, J.; Öpik, M.; Pärtel, M.; Helm, A.; Ronk, A.; Kühn, I.; Zobel, Z. (2017). Plant mycorrhizal status, but not type, shifts with latitude and elevation in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26 (6), 690−699. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12582.
Koorem, Kadri; Tulva, Ingmar; Davison, John; Jairus, Teele; Öpik, Maarja; Vasar, Martti; Zobel, Martin; Moora, Mari (2017). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in forest plant roots are simultaneously shaped by host characteristics and canopy-mediated light availability. Plant and Soil, 410, 259−271. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-016-3004-0.
Kotilínek, Milan; Hiiesalu, Inga; Košnar, Jiri; Šmilauerová, Marie; Šmilauer, Petr; Altman, Jan; Dvorský, Miroslav; Kopecký, Martin & Dolezal, Jiri (2017). Fungal root symbionts of high-altitude vascular plants in the Himalayas. Scientific Reports, 7, 6562. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06938-x.
Lewis, Rob J.; de Bello, Francesco; Bennett, Jonathan A.; Fibich, Pavel; Finerty, Genevieve E.; Götzenberger, Lars; Hiiesalu, Inga; Kasari, Liis; Lepš, Jan; Májeková, , Maria; Mudrak, Ondrej; Riibak, Kersti; Ronk, Argo; Rychtecka, Terezie; Vitová, Alena; Pärtel, Meelis (2017). Applying the dark diversity concept to nature conservation. Conservation Biology, 31 (1), 40−47. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12723.
Lopez-Garcia, Alvaro; Varela-Cervero, Sara; Vasar, Martti; Öpik, Maarja; Barea, Jose M.; Azcon-Aguilar, Concepcion (2017). Plant traits determine the phylogenetic structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities. Molecular Ecology, 26, 6948−6959. DOI: 10.1111/mec.14403.
Pärtel, Meelis; Öpik, Maarja; Moora, Mari; Tedersoo, Leho; Rosendahl, Søren; Rillig, C. Mathias; Lekberg, Ylva; Kreft, Holger; Helgason, Thorun; Erikson, Ove; Davison, John; Bello, Francsesco; Caruso, Tancredi; Zobel, Martin (2017). Historical biome distribution and recent human disturbance shape the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist, 216 (1), 227−238. DOI: 10.1111/nph.14695.
Pärtel, M.; Zobel, M.; Öpik, M.; Tedersoo, L. (2017). Global patterns in local and dark diversity, species pool size and community completeness in ectomycorrhizal fungi. Ecological Studies, 230, 395−406. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56363-3_18.
Rodriguez-Echeverria, Susana; Teixeira, Helena; Correia, Marta; Timoteo, Sergio; Heleno, Ruben; Öpik, Maarja; Moora, Mari (2017). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities from tropical Africa reveal strong ecological structure. New Phytologist, 213 (1), 380−390. DOI: 10.1111/nph.14122.
Vasar, Martti; Andreson, Reidar; Davison, John; Jairus, Teele; Moora, Mari; Remm, Maido; Young, J. Peter W.; Zobel, Martin; Öpik, Maarja (2017). Increased sequencing depth does not increase captured diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhiza, 27 (8), 761−773. DOI: 10.1007/s00572-017-0791-y.
2016
2016
Angel Roey, Conrad Ralf, Dvorsky Miroslav, Kopecky Martin, Kotilínek Milan, Hiiesalu Inga, Schweingruber Fritz, Doležal Jiri (2016). The Root-Associated Microbial Community of the World’s Highest Growing Vascular Plants. Microbial Ecology, 72 (2), 394−406. DOI: 10.1007/s00248-016-0779-8.
Bálint, Miklós; Bahram, Mohammad; Eren, A Murat; Faust, Karoline; Fuhrman, Jed A; Lindahl, Björn; O’Hara, Robert B; Öpik, Maarja; Sogin, Mitchell L; Unterseher, Martin; Tedersoo, Leho (2016). Millions of reads, thousands of taxa: microbial community structure and associations analyzed via marker genes. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 40 (5), 686−700. DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuw017.
Ciccolini, Valentina; Ercoli, Laura; Davison, John; Vasar, Martti; Öpik, Maarja; Pellegrino, Elisa (2016). Land-use intensity and host plant simultaneously shape the composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in a mediterranean drained peatland. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 92 (12), fiw186. DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiw186.
Davison, John; Moora, Mari; Jairus, Teele; Vasar, Martti; Öpik, Maarja; Zobel, Martin (2016). Hierarchical assembly rules in arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 97, 63−70. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.03.003.
Dolezal Jiri, Dvorsky Miroslav, Kopecky Martin, Liancourt Pierre, Hiiesalu Inga, Macek Martin, Altman Jan, Chlumska Zuzana, Rehakova Klara, Capkova Katerina, Borovec Jakub, Mudrak Onderj, Wild jan, Schweingruber Fritz (2016). Vegetation dynamics at the upper elevational limit of vascular plants in Himalaya. Scientific Reports, 6, 24881. DOI: 10.1038/srep24881.
Garcia de Leon, D.; Moora, M.; Öpik, M.; Neuenkamp, L.; Gerz, M.; Jairus, T.; Vasar, M.; Bueno, C.G.; Davison, J.; Zobel, M. (2016). Symbiont dynamics during ecosystem succession: co-occurring plant and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 92 (7), UNSP fiw097. DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiw097.
García de León, David; Moora, Mari; Öpik, Maarja; Jairus, Teele; Neuenkamp, Lena; Vasar, Martti; Bueno, C. Guillermo; Gerz, Maret; Davison, John; Zobel, Martin (2016). Dispersal of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plants during succession. Acta Oecologica, 77, 128−135. DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2016.10.006.
Gazol, Antonio; Zobel, Martin; Jose Cantero, Juan; Davison, John; Esler, Karen J.; Jairus, Teele; Öpik, Maarja; Vasar, Martti; Moora, Mari (2016). Impact of alien pines on local arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities-evidence from two continents. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 92 (6), ARTN fiw073. DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiw073.
Hermann, Laetitia; Lesueur, Didier; Bräu, Lambert; Davison, John; Jairus, Teele; Robain, Henri; Robin, Agnes; Vasar, Martti; Wiriyakitnateekul, Wanpen; Öpik, Maarja (2016). Diversity of root-associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in a rubber tree plantation chronosequence in Northeast Thailand. Mycorrhiza, 26 (8), 863−877. DOI: 10.1007/s00572-016-0720-5.
Hibbett D, Abarenkov K, Kõljalg U, Öpik M, Chai B, Cole JR, Wang Q, Crous PW, Robert VARG, Helgason T, Herr J, Kirk P, Lueschow S, O’Donnell K, Nilsson H, Oono R, Schoch CL, Smyth C, Walker D, Porras-Alfaro A, Taylor JW, Geiser DM. (2016). Sequence-based classification and identification of Fungi. Mycologia, 108 (6), 1049−1068. DOI: 10.3852/16-130.
Moora, M.; Öpik, M.; Davison, J.; Jairus, T.; Vasar, M.; Zobel, M.; Eckstein, R.L. (2016). AM fungal communities inhabiting the roots of submerged aquatic plant Lobelia dortmanna are diverse and include a high proportion of novel taxa. Mycorrhiza, 26, 735−745. DOI: 10.1007/s00572-016-0709-0.
Öpik, Maarja; Davison, John (2016). Uniting species- and community-oriented approaches to understand arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity. Fungal Ecology, 24B, 106−113. DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2016.07.005.
Öpik, Maarja; Davison, John; Moora, Mari; Pärtel, Meelis; Zobel, Martin (2016). Response to Comment on “Global assessment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus diversity reveals very low endemism”. Science, 351 (6275, 6275), 826−826. DOI: 10.1126/science.aad5495.
Öpik, Maarja; Peay, Kabir G. (2016). Mycorrhizal diversity: Diversity of host plants, symbiotic fungi and relationships. Fungal Ecology, 24B, 103−105. DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2016.09.001.
Põlme, Sergei; Öpik, Maarja; Moora, Mari; Zobel, Martin; Kohout, Petr; Oja, Jane; Kõljalg, Urmas; Tedersoo, Leho (2016). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associating with roots of Alnus and Rubus in Europe and the Middle East. Fungal Ecology, 24A, 27−34.
Selosse, Marc-Andre; Vincenot, Lucie; Öpik, Maarja (2016). Data processing can mask biology: towards better reporting of fungal barcoding data? New Phytologist, 210 (4), 1159−1164. DOI: 10.1111/nph.13851.
Tamme, Riin; Gazol, Antonio; Price, Jodi N.; Hiiesalu, Inga; Pärtel, Meelis (2016). Co-occurring grassland species vary in their responses to fine-scale soil heterogeneity. Journal of Vegetation Science, 27 (5), 1012−1022. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12431.
Thiéry, Odile; Vasar, Martti; Jairus, Teele; Davison, John; Roux, Christophe; Kivistik, Paula-Ann; Metspalu, Andres; Milani, Lili; Saks, Ülle; Moora, Mari; Zobel, Martin; Öpik, Maarja (2016). Sequence variation in nuclear ribosomal small subunit, internal transcribed spacer and large subunit regions of Rhizophagus irregularis and Gigaspora margarita is high and isolate-dependent. Molecular Ecology, 25 (12), 2816−2832. DOI: 10.1111/mec.13655.
2015
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. (2015). Global assessment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus diversity reveals very low endemism. Science, 349 (6251), 970−973. DOI: 10.1126/science.aab1161.
Dickie, Ian. A.; Alexander, Ian; Lennon, Sarah; Öpik, Maarja; Selosse, Marc-Andre; van der Heijden, Marcel G.A.; Martin, Francis M. (2015). Evolving insights to understanding mycorrhizas. New Phytologist, 205 (4), 1369−1374. DOI: 10.1111/nph.13290.
Grilli, Gabriel; Urcelay, Carlos; Galetto, Leonardo; Davison, John; Vasar, Martti; Saks, Ülle; Jairus, Teele; Öpik, Maarja (2015). The composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in the roots of a ruderal forb is not related to the forest fragmentation process. Environmental Microbiology, 17 (8), 2709−2720. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12623.
Hart, Miranda M.; Aleklett, Kristin; Chagnon, Pierre-Luc; Egan, Cameron; Ghignone, Stefano; Helgason, Thorunn; Lekberg, Ylva; Öpik, Maarja; Pickles, Brian J.; Waller, Lauren (2015). Navigating the labyrinth: A guide to sequence-based, community ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist, 207 (1), 235−247. DOI: 10.1111/nph.13340.
Herr, Joshua R.; Öpik, Maarja; Hibbett, David S. (2015). Towards the unification of sequence-based classification and sequence-based identification of host-associated microorganisms. New Phytologist, 205 (1), 27−31. DOI: 10.1111/nph.13180.
Pellegrino, Elisa; Öpik, Maaja; Bonari, Enrico; Ercoli, Laura (2015). Responses of wheat to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: A meta-analysis of field studies from 1975 to 2013. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 84, 210−217. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.02.020.
Varela-Cervero, Sara; Vasar, Martti; Davison, John; Barea, Jose Miguel; Öpik, Maarja; Azcon-Aguilar, Concepcion (2015). The composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities differs among the roots, spores and extraradical mycelia associated with five Mediterranean plant species. Environmental Microbiology, 17 (8), 2882−2895. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12810.
2014
Hiiesalu, I.; Pärtel, M.; Davison, J.; Gerhold, P.; Metsis, M.; Moora, M.; Öpik, M.; Vasar, M.; Zobel, M.; Wilson, S.D. (2014). Species richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: associations with grassland plant richness and biomass. New Phytologist, 203 (1), 233−244. DOI: 10.1111/nph.12765.
Koorem, Kadri; Gazol, Antonio ; Öpik, Maarja; Moora, Mari; Saks, Ülle; Uibopuu, Annika; Sõber, Virve; Zobel, Martin (2014). Soil nutrient content influences the abundance of soil microbes but not plant biomass at the small-scale. PLoS ONE, 9 (3), e91998. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091998.
Moora, M.; Davison, J.; Öpik, M.; Metsis, M.; Saks, U.; Jairus, T.; Vasar, M.; Zobel, M. (2014). Anthropogenic land use shapes the composition and phylogenetic structure of soil arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 90 (3), 609−621. DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12420.
Ohsowski, B.M.; Zaitsoff, P.D.; Öpik, M.; Hart, M.M. (2014). Where the wild things are: looking for uncultured Glomeromycota. New Phytologist, 204 (1), 171−179. DOI: 10.1111/nph.12894.
Öpik, Maarja; de Bello, Francesco; Price, Jodi N.; Fraser, Lauchlan H. (2014). New insights into vegetation patterns and processes. New Phytologist, 201 (2), 383−387. DOI: 10.1111/nph.12606.
Öpik, Maarja; Davison, John; Moora, Mari; Zobel, Martin (2014). DNA-based detection and identificaton of Glomeromycota: the virtual taxonomy of environmental sequences. Botany, 92 (2), 135−147. DOI: 10.1139/cjb-2013-0110.
Price, J. N.; Gazol, A.; Tamme, R.; Hiiesalu, I.; Pärtel, M. (2014). The functional assembly of experimental grasslands in relation to fertility and resource heterogeneity. Functional Ecology, 28 (2), 509−519.
Saks, Ü.; Davison, J.; Öpik, M.; Vasar, M.; Moora, M.; Zobel, M. (2014). Root-colonizing and soil-borne communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a temperate forest understorey. Botany, 92 (4), 277−285. DOI: 10.1139/cjb-2013-0058.
Zobel, Martin; Öpik, Maarja (2014). Plant and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) communities – which drives which? Journal of Vegetation Science, 25 (5), 1133−1140. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12191.
2013
Bennett, Alison E.; Daniell, Tim J.; Öpik, Maarja; Davison, John; Moora, Mari; Zobel, Martin; Selosse, Marc-Andre; Evans, Darren (2013). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks vary throughout the growing season and between successional stages. PLoS ONE, 8 (12), e83241. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083241.
Gazol, Antonio; Tamme, Riin; Price, Jodi N; Hiiesalu, Inga; Laanisto, Lauri; Pärtel, Meelis (2013). A negative heterogeneity-diversity relationship found in experimental grassland communities. Oecologia, 173 (2), 545−555. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2623-x.
Laanisto, Lauri; Tamme, Riin; Hiiesalu, Inga; Szava-Kovats, Robert; Gazol, Antonio; Pärtel, Meelis (2013). Microfragmentation concept explains non-positive environmental heterogeneity-diversity relationships. Oecologia, 171 (1), 217−226. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2398-5.
Marmeisse, R.; Nehls, U.; Öpik, M.; Selosse, M.-A.; Pringle, A. (2013). Bridging mycorrhizal genomics, metagenomics and forest ecology. New Phytologist, 198 (2), 343−346. DOI: 10.1111/nph.12205.
Öpik, M.; Zobel, M.; Cantero, J.J.; Davison, J.; Facelli, J.M.; Hiiesalu, I.; Jairus, T.; Kalwij, J.M.; Koorem, K.; Leal, M.E.; Liira, J.; Metsis, M.; Neshataeva, V.; Paal, J.; Phosri, C.; Põlme, S.; Reier, Ü.; Saks, Ü.; Schimann, H.; Thiery, O. … Moora, M. (2013). Global sampling of plant roots expands the described molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhiza, 23 (5), 411−430. DOI: 10.1007/s00572-013-0482-2.
2012
Davison, J.; Öpik, M.; Zobel, M.; Vasar, M.; Metsis, M.; Moora, M. (2012). Communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi detected in forest soil are spatially heterogeneous but do not vary throughout the growing season. PLoS ONE, 8, e41938. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041938.
Hiiesalu, I.; Öpik, M.; Metsis, M.; Davison, J.; Vasar, M.; Moora, M.; Zobel, M.; Wilson, S.; Pärtel, M. (2012). Plant species richness belowground: higher richness and new patterns revealed by next generation sequencing. Molecular Ecology, 21 (8), 2004−2016. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05390.x.
Koorem, Kadri; Saks, Ülle; Sõber, Virve; Uibopuu, Annika; Öpik, Maarja; Zobel, Martin; Moora, Mari (2012). Effects of arbuscular mycorrhiza on community composition and seedling recruitment in temperate forest understory. Basic and Applied Ecology, 13, 663−672.
Öpik, M.; Moora, M. (2012). Missing nodes and links in mycorrhizal networks. New Phytologist, 194 (2), 304−306. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04121.x.
Pärtel, Meelis; Hiiesalu, Inga; Öpik, Maarja; Wilson, Scott D. (2012). Below-ground plant species richness: new insights from DNA-based methods. Functional Ecology, 26 (4), 775−782. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02004.x.
Price, Jodi; Hiiesalu, Inga; Gerhold, Pille; Pärtel, Meelis (2012). Small-scale grassland assembly patterns differ above and below the soil surface. Ecology, 93 (6), 1290−1296. DOI: 10.1890/11-1942.1.
Thiéry, Odile; Moora, Mari; Vasar, Martti; Zobel, Martin; Öpik, Maarja (2012). Inter- and intrasporal nuclear ribosomal gene sequence variation within one isolate of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, Diversispora sp. Symbiosis, 58, 135−147. DOI: 10.1007/s13199-012-0212-0.
Uibopuu, Annika; Moora, Mari; Öpik, Maarja; Zobel, Martin. (2012). Temperate forest understorey species performance is altered by local arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities from stands of different successional stages. Plant and Soil, 356, 331−339. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-1116-0.
2011
Davison, J.; Öpik, M.; Daniell, T.J.; Moora, M.; Zobel, M. (2011). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in plant roots are not random assemblages. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 78 (1), 103−115. DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01103.x.
Liu, Y.; He, J.; Shi, G.; An, L.; Öpik, M.; Feng, H. (2011). Diverse communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inhabit sites with very high altitude in Tibet Plateau. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 78 (2), 355−365.
Moora, M.; Berger, S.; Davison, J.; Öpik, M.; Bommarco, R.; Bruelheide, H.; Kühn, I.; Kunin, W.E.; Metsis, M.; Rortais, A.; Vanatoa, A.; Vanatoa, E.; Stout, J.C.; Truusa, M.; Westphal, C.; Zobel, M.; Walther, G.-R. (2011). Alien plants associate with widespread generalist arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal taxa: evidence from a continental-scale study using massively parallel 454 sequencing. Journal of Biogeography, 38 (7), 1305−1317. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02478.x.
Powell, J.R.; Monaghan, M.T.; Öpik, M.; Rillig, M.C. (2011). Evolutionary criteria outperform operational approaches in producing ecologically relevant fungal species inventories. Molecular Ecology, 20 (3), 655−666. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04964.x.
Unterseher, M.; Jumpponen, A.; Öpik, M.; Tedersoo, L.; Moora, M.; Dormann, CF.; Schnittler, M. (2011). Species abundance distributions and richness estimations in fungal metagenomics – lessons learned from community ecology. Molecular Ecology, 20 (2), 275−285. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04948.x.
2010
Öpik, M.; Vanatoa, A.; Vanatoa, E.; Moora, M.; Davison, J.; Kalwij, J.M.; Reier, Ü.; Zobel, M. (2010). The online database MaarjAM reveals global and ecosystemic distribution patterns in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycota). New Phytologist, 188 (1), 223−241. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03334.x.
Tamme, R.; Hiiesalu, I.; Laanisto, L.; Szava-Kovats, R.; Pärtel, M. (2010). Environmental heterogeneity, species diversity and co-existence at different spatial scales. Journal of Vegetation Science, 21, 796−801. DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01185.x.
2009
Öpik, M.; Metsis, M.; Daniell, T. J.; Zobel, M.; Moora, M. (2009). Large-scale parallel 454 sequencing reveals host ecological group specificity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a boreonemoral forest. New Phytologist, 184, 424−437. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02920.x.
Pihu, S.; Öpik, M.; Kook, E.; Reier, Ü. (2009). Morphological and genetic relationships of Myosotis laxa ssp. baltica and ssp. caespitosa, and typification of M. laxa ssp. baltica. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 78 (1), 37−49.
Uibopuu, A.; Moora, M.; Saks, Ü.; Daniell, T.; Zobel, M.; Öpik, M. (2009). Differential effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities from ecosystems along management gradient on the growth of forest understorey plant species. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 41, 2141−2146. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.07.026.
2008
Öpik, M.; Moora, M.; Zobel, M.; Saks, Ü.; Wheatley, R.; Wright, F.; Daniell, T. (2008). High diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a boreal herb rich coniferous forest. New Phytologist, 179 (3), 867−876.
2007
Moora, M.; Daniell, T.J.; Kalle, H.; Liira, J.; Püssa, K.; Roosaluste, H.; Öpik, M.; Wheatley, R.; Zobel, M. (2007). Spatial pattern and species richness of boreonemoral forest understorey and its determinants – a comparison of differently managed forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 250, 64−70.
2006
Öpik, M.; Moora, M.; Liira, J.; Zobel, M. (2006). Composition of root-colonizing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in different ecosystems around the globe. Journal of Ecology, 94 (4), 778−790.
Öpik, M.; Moora, M.; Liira, J.; Rosendahl, S.; Zobel, M. (2006). Comparison of communities of arbscular mycorrhizal fungi in roots of two Viola species. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Biology. Ecology, 55 (1), 3−14.
Zobel, M.; Öpik, M.; Moora, M.; Pärtel, M. (2006). Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: It is time for dispersal experiments. Journal of Vegetation Science, 17 (4), 543−547.
2004
Moora, M.; Öpik, M.; Sen, R.; Zobel, M. (2004). Native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities differentially influence the seedling performance of rare and common Pulsatilla species. Functional Ecology, 18 (4), 554−562.
2003
Öpik, M.; Moora, M.; Liira, J.; Kõljalg, U.; Zobel, M.; Sen, R. (2003). Divergent arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities colonize roots of Pulsatilla spp. in boreal Scots pine forest and grassland soils. New Phytologist, 160 (3), 581−593.
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