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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.  

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.  

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.  

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. 

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 

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.  

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.  

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