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"…a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely valuable…overall it is a hugely valuable compendium of fungal ecology research. It is a must for the library shelf."
-Lynne Boddy, Cardiff University, UK, Mycological Research, 2006
"These 44 chapters are an excellent starting point for anyone interested in fungal communities, in the broadest sense of the term. It is a book for dipping into…may be the last comprehensive treatment of fungal communities before the molecular revolution."
-Meriel Jones, University of Liverpool, UK, Microbiology Today
"… the scope of the work is tremendous. … Excellent chapters providing overviews of methods … provide a snap shot of the current approaches used to understand fungal communities at several levels of organization. This book should probably be on the shelf of every student of mycology, and many ecologists too. For all students, this book should be a valuable resource and source of inspiration."
-Daniel Henk, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London, in Inoculum, Vol. 59, No. 3, May 2008
"Thorough taxonomic and subject indices further aid the reader in navigating through multiple authors’ treatments of subjects of interest."
- Anthony Amend, Department of Botany, University of Hawaii at Manoa in Economic Botany, V. 61
In all subjects in science, new findings and the use of new technologies allow us to develop an ever-greater understanding of our world. Expanded and updated coverage in the fourth edition includes:
- Adds new sections on Integrating Genomics and Metagenomics into Community Analysis, Recent Advances in Fungal Endophyte Research, Fungi in the Built Environment, and Fungal Signaling and Communication
- Includes a broader treatment of fungal communities in natural ecosystems with in-depth coverage of fungal adaptations to stress and conservation
- Expands coverage of the influence of climate change on fungi and the role of fungi in organically polluted ecosystems
Includes contributions from scientists from 20 nations to illustrate a true global approach for bridging gaps between ecological concepts and mycology
Table of Contents
INTEGRATING GENOMICS AND METAGENOMICS INTO COMMUNITY ANALYSIS
Molecular community ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Joe D. Taylor, Thorunn Helgason and Maarja Öpik
Comparative and functional genomics of ectomycorrhizal symbiosis
Joske Ruytinx and Francis Martin
Early fungi: Evidence from the fossil record
Michael Krings, Thomas N. Taylor and Carla J. Harper
Evolution of lichens
H. Thorsten Lumbsch and Jouko Rikkinen
RECENT ADVANCES IN FUNGAL ENDOPHYTE RESEARCH
A novel framework for decoding fungal endophyte diversity
Natalie Christian, Briana K. Whitaker and Keith Clay
Foliar endophyte communities and leaf traits in tropical trees
Sunshine Van Bael, Catalina Estrada and A. Elizabeth Arnold
Community assembly of phyllosphere endophytes: a closer look at fungal life-cycle dynamics, competition and phytochemistry in the shaping of the fungal community
Christopher B. Zambell and James F. White
Interactions Between Fungal Endophytes and Bacterial Colonizers of Fescue Grass
Elizabeth Lewis Roberts and Christopher Mark Adamchek
FUNGAL COMMUNITIES IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
Geomycology: geoactive fungal roles in the biosphere
Geoffrey Michael Gadd,
Lichens and Microfungi in Biocrusts: Structure and Function Now and in the Future
Jayne Belnap and Otto L. Lange
Ecology of Fungal Phylloplane Epiphytes
Katalin Malcolm and John Dighton
Wood decay communities in angiosperm wood
Lynne Boddy, Jennifer Hiscox, Emma C. Gilmartin, Sarah R. Johnston and Jacob Heilmann-Clausen
Lichens in natural Ecosystems
Darwyn Coxson and Natalie Howe
FUNGAL COMMUNITIES IN MARINE AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
Diversity and Role of Fungi in Marine Ecosystem
Chandralata Raghukumar
Aquatic hyphomycete communities in freshwater
Kandikere R. Sridhar
The ecology of chytrid and aphelid parasites of phytoplankton
Thomas G. Jephcott, Floris F. van Ogtrop, Frank H. Gleason, Deborah J. Macarthur, Bettina Scholz
Crown oomycetes have evolved as effective plant and animal parasites
Marano AV, Gleason FH, Rocha SCO, Pires-Zottarelli CLA, de Souza JI
FUNGAL ADAPTIONS TO STRESS AND CONSERVATION
Adaptations of fungi and fungal like organisms for growth under reduced dissolved oxygen concentrations.
Sandra Kittelmann, Cathrine S. Manohar, Ray Kearney, Donald O. Natvig, Frank H. Gleason
Fungi in extreme and stressful environments.
Sharon A. Cantrell
Reaching the wind: Boundary layer escape as a constraint on ascomycete spore dispersal
Anne Pringle, Michael Brenner, Joerg Fritz, Marcus Roper, Agnese Seminara
Who Cares? The human perspective on fungal conservation
Elizabeth S. Barron
FUNGAL- FAUNAL INTERACTIONS
Below ground trophic interactions
Amy Treonis
Mycophagy and Spore Dispersal by Vertebrates
Alessandra Zambonelli, Francesca Ori and Ian Hall
The Fungal Spore: Myrmecophilous Ophiocordyceps as a case study
João P. M. Araújo and David P. Hughes
Coevolution of fungi and invertebrates
Xingzhong Liu, Lin Wang, Meichun Xiang
Fungal diversity of Macrotermes-Termitomyces nests in Tsavo, Kenya
Jouko Rikkinen and Risto Vesala
Title: Emerging mycoses and fungus-like diseases of vertebrate wildlife
Hannah T. Reynolds, Daniel Raudabaugh, Osu Lilje, Matthew Allender, Andrew N. Miller, Frank H. Gleason
Geomyces and Pseudogymnoascus: Emergence of a primary pathogen, the causative agent of bat white-nose syndrome
Verant, M.L., A.M. Minnis, D.L. Lindner, D.S. Blehert
FUNGAL COMMUNITIES, CLIMATE CHANGE AND POLLUTION
Mycorrhizal fungi and accompaning microorganisms in improving phytoremediation techniques
Piotr Rozpądek, Agnieszka Domka and Katarzyna Turnau
Effects of toxic metals on chytrids, fungal-like organisms and higher fungi
Linda Henderson, Erna Lilje, Katie Robinson, Frank H. Gleason and Osu Lilje
The Fungal Community in Organically Polluted Systems
Hauke Harms*, Lukas Y. Wick and Dietmar Schlosser
Fungal communities and climate change
Jennifer M. Talbot
FUNGI IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Decomposition of Wooden Structures by Fungi
Benjamin W. Held
Fungal degradation of our cultural heritage
John Dighton
Microorganisms for safeguarding cultural heritage
Edith Joseph, Saskia Bindschedler, Monica Albini, Lucrezia Comensoli, Wafa Kooli, Lidia Mathys
FUNGAL SIGNALING AND COMMUNICATION
Airborne signals: volatile-mediated communication between plants, fungi, and microorganisms
Samantha Lee, Guohua Yin and Joan W. Bennett
Mycorrhizal fungal networks as plant communication systems
David Johnson and Lucy Gilbert
Fungal – fungal interactions: From natural ecosystems to managed plant production with emphasis on biological control of plant diseases.
Dan Funk Jensen, Magnus Karlsson and Björn Lindahl
Ecology and Evolution of Fungal-Bacterial Interactions
Stefan Olsson, Paola Bonfante and Teresa E. Pawlowska
