Do small trees in the understory of tropical forest gain additional carbon from fungi?  – Functional Ecologists

Franziska Zahn, postdoc at University of Bayreuth (Germany), presents her work “Stable isotope analysis indicates partial mycoheterotrophy in arbuscular mycorrhizal woody seedlings in tropical forests”. She discusses the collaborative network…

plant-fungi symbiosis and the impact of host fitness and vertical transmission efficiency – Functional Ecologists

In our new post Pedro Gundel, researcher at University of Talca (Chile) presents his work ‘Temporal host–symbiont dynamics in community contexts: Impact of host fitness and vertical transmission efficiency on…

Becoming a scientist wasn’t a mistake, just a happy little accident – Functional Ecologists

It’s been just over a month since the 12th International Conference on Mycorrhiza. In these blog posts, we hear from some of the winners of Functional Ecology’s poster and talk…