OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Fungal Ecology is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Endophyte inoculation enhances Ulmus minor resistance to Dutch elm disease	33
Drivers of total and pathogenic soil-borne fungal communities in grassland plant species	32
Can fungal endophytes fast-track plant adaptations to climate change?	32
ITS alchemy: On the use of ITS as a DNA marker in fungal ecology	29
Biotic and abiotic determinants of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infections in amphibians of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	25
Rhizosphere fungi actively assimilating plant-derived carbon in a grassland soil	22
Morphological and molecular characterization, predatory behaviour and effect of organic extracts of four nematophagous fungi from Mexico	21
Stand age affects fungal community composition in a Central European temperate forest	20
Endophytic fungus improves peanut drought resistance by reassembling the root-dwelling community of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	18
Grapevine pruning time affects natural wound colonization by wood-invading fungi	18
Virulence traits within a community of the fungal entomopathogen Beauveria: Associations with abundance and distribution	18
Pine species determine fungal microbiome composition in a common garden experiment	17
Thermal response and horizontal transmission of cameroonian isolates of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae – Candidates for microbial controls of the banana root	17
Saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal fungi exhibit contrasting richness patterns along elevational gradients in cool-temperate montane forests	17
Fungal diversity and functionality are driven by soil texture in Taylor Valley, Antarctica	17
Fungal endophytes and origins of decay in beech (Fagus sylvatica) sapwood	14
Plant community and soil available nutrients drive arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community shifts during alpine meadow degradation	13
Can orchid mycorrhizal fungi be persistently harbored by the plant host?	13
Endophytes dominate fungal communities in six-year-old veteranisation wounds in living oak trunks	13
Successional development of wood-inhabiting fungi associated with dominant tree species in a natural temperate floodplain forest	12
Modelling range dynamics of terricolous lichens of the genus Peltigera in the Alps under a climate change scenario	12
Termites host specific fungal communities that differ from those in their ambient environments	11
Host phylogeny is the primary determinant of ectomycorrhizal fungal community composition in the permafrost ecosystem of eastern Siberia at a regional scale	10
The cooler the better: Increased aquatic hyphomycete diversity in subtropical streams along a neotropical latitudinal gradient	10
A double-edged sword: Amylostereum areolatum odors attract both Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) and its parasitoid, Ibalia leucospoides	9

Wood-inhabiting fungal communities: Opportunities for integration of empirical and theoretical community ecology	9
Canopy throughfall links canopy epiphytes to terrestrial vegetation in pristine conifer forests	9
Deadwood substrate and species-species interactions determine the release of volatile organic compounds by wood-decaying fungi	9
Native and non-native mammals disperse exotic ectomycorrhizal fungi at long distances from pine plantations	9
Z-3-Hexenylacetate emissions induced by the endophyte Epichloë occultans at different levels of defoliation during the host plant's life cycle	8
Seagrasses, seaweeds and plant debris: An extraordinary reservoir of fungal diversity in the Mediterranean Sea	8
Effects of the endophyte Epichloë coenophiala on the root microbial community and growth performance of tall fescue in different saline-alkali soils	8
Carbon allocation mediated by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alters the soil microbial community under various phosphorus levels	8
Fairy rings, associated fungi, and assessment of their distribution across environmental variables using GIS	8
Diversity, community composition, and bioactivity of cultivable fungal endophytes in saline and dry soils in deserts	8
Root and hyphal interactions influence N transfer by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soybean/maize intercropping systems	7
Relationships between macro-fungal dark diversity and habitat parameters using LiDAR	7
Invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi can disperse in the absence of their known vectors	7
Interactions between pinewood nematodes and the fungal community of pine trees	7
Climate-induced long-term changes in the phenology of Mediterranean fungi	7
Wood-decay type and fungal guild dominance across a North American log transplant experiment	7
Mycobiota of Eucommia ulmoides bark: Diversity, rare biosphere and core taxa	7
Inside Pandora's box: Development of the lethal myrmecopathogenic fungus Pandora formicae within its ant host	7
Ericoid mycorrhizal colonization and associated fungal communities along a wetland gradient in the Acadian forest of Eastern Canada	7
Besides stem canker severity, oilseed rape host genotype matters for the production of Leptosphaeria maculans fruit bodies	6
Culturable root endophyte communities are shaped by both warming and plant host identity in the Rocky Mountains, USA	6
In depth review of the ecology of arenicolous marine fungi	6
Relationship and genetic structure among autoecious and heteroecious populations of Cronartium pini in northern Fennoscandia	6
In vitro study of volatile organic compounds produced by the mutualistic fungus of leaf-cutter ants and the antagonist Escovopsis	6
Hyphal exploration strategies and habitat modification of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in microengineered soil chips	6
Fungal community composition and diversity in the rhizosphere soils of Argentina (syn. Potentilla) anserina, on the Qinghai Plateau	6
Species-specific trade-offs between regrowth and mycorrhizas in the face of defoliation and phosphorus addition	6
Distribution and ecological traits of a rare and threatened fungus Hericium flagellum in Poland with the prediction of its potential occurrence in Europe	6
Can seed-borne endophytes promote grass invasion by reducing host dependence on mycorrhizas?	6
Soil fungal composition changes with shrub encroachment in the northern Chihuahuan Desert	6
Where do nivicolous myxomycetes occur? – Modeling the potential worldwide distribution of Physarum albescens	6
Epichloë endophyte affects the root colonization pattern of belowground symbionts in a wild grass	6
Enhancing repository fungal data for biogeographic analyses	6
Restoration of the mycobiome of the endangered Hawaiian mint Phyllostegia kaalaensis increases its resistance to a common powdery mildew	6
Endophytic fungal community succession in reproductive organs of two olive tree cultivars with contrasting anthracnose susceptibilities	6
Ectomycorrhizal root tips harbor distinctive fungal associates along a soil nitrogen gradient	6
Endophytic Fusarium spp. affect yield, but can they be a solution for Botrytis control in vineyard production?	6
Root-associated community composition and co-occurrence patterns of fungi in wild grapevine	6
Low temperature enhances the ability of the termite-egg-mimicking fungus Athelia termitophila to compete against wood-decaying fungi	6
Modelling germination and mycelium growth rates of Monostichella coryli under constant temperature conditions	6