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Implications of Tobacco Use on Pathogen‐Driven Diseases: A Public Health and Policy Perspective

World Medical &Health Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The tobacco epidemic remains one of the most significant global public health challenges, responsible for over 8 million deaths annually, with a substantial portion occurring among non‐smokers exposed to second‐hand smoke. While cigarette smoking remains the most prevalent form of tobacco use worldwide, the rise of electronic nicotine delivery
Nadine Kabbani, James L. Olds
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Rapid and chemically diverse C transfer from trees to mycorrhizal fruit bodies in the forest

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) are common belowground tree symbionts, supplying trees with water and nutrients. In return, large amounts of C assimilated by trees can be allocated into EMF. However, the chemical forms in which the C is transferred from trees to fungi under
Alon Rapaport, Stav Livne‐Luzon, Hagar Fox, Yaara Oppenheimer‐Shaanan, Tamir Klein   +4 more
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The assembly of plant communities in relation to overlap in mycorrhizal and pathogenic root fungi

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Plant species commonly associate with symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and pathogenic root fungi, with many plants overlapping in their fungal community compositions.
Brandon S. Schamp, Riley Jones, Catherine Fahey, Hannah Brazeau, Akihiro Koyama, Hafiz Maherali, Pedro M. Antunes   +6 more
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Quantifying phenotypic plasticity: A call for consistency

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The interest of evolutionary, functional and applied ecologists in the study of phenotypic plasticity has grown considerably in recent decades. From being considered irrelevant in the mid‐20th century, phenotypic plasticity is now considered ubiquitous and essential for
Jose M. Gómez, Francisco Perfectti, Adela González‐Megías, Cristina Armas   +3 more
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Mycelium biomass and community composition impact nutrient concentration in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi at fine spatial scale

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The dynamic exchange of carbon (C) and nutrients between arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and their host plants is crucial for shaping the spatial heterogeneity of nutrients within the hyphal network.
Xiaojing Zhang, Yushan Bo, Liangchao Jiang, Jing Wang, Lingfei Yu, Wei Fu, Xueli He, Xiaoning Dong, Yong Jiang, Xingguo Han, Haiyang Zhang   +10 more
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Below the leaves: Integrating above‐ and below‐ground phenology for earth‐system predictability

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Almost every aspect of biological systems has phenology—a pattern in activity or function linked to annual cycles. Most terrestrial phenology research focusses on leaves, the onset of leaf out or senescence.
Kendalynn Morris, Richard Nair
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Endogenous rhythmic growth and ectomycorrhizal fungi modulate priming of antiherbivore defences in subsequently formed new leaves of oak trees

Journal of Ecology, EarlyView.
A first herbivore attack primes direct and indirect defences of newly formed oak leaves and, the specific display of defence priming is regulated by rhythmic growth, and modulated by the interaction with the ectomycorrhizal fungus Piloderma croceum. Therefore, the priming memory in oaks can be transmitted to the next growth cycle. GC, growth cycle; SF,
I. Fernández, M. L. Bouffaud, A. Martínez‐Medina, M. Schädler, M. T. Tarkka, A. Weinhold, N. M. van Dam, S. Herrmann, F. Buscot   +8 more
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Setting the stage for plant–soil feedback: Mycorrhizal influences over conspecific recruitment, plant and fungal communities, and coevolution

Journal of Ecology, EarlyView.
In this review, the authors summarize the mechanisms that generate different plant–soil‐microbe interactions among trees associated with arbuscular (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi. The authors focus on a trait‐based framework describing how these groups interact with pathogens and saprotrophs, as well as soil carbon and nutrients, and discuss the ...
Andrew C. Eagar, Princess H. Abu, Megan A. Brown, Sara M. Moledor, Kurt A. Smemo, Richard P. Phillips, Andrea L. Case, Christopher B. Blackwood   +7 more
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Modelling the distribution of plant‐associated microbes with species distribution models

Journal of Ecology, EarlyView.
There are numerous challenges and open questions related to modelling the distribution of plant‐associated microbes. In this article, we present a conceptual framework for predictive modelling of the distribution of plant‐associated microbiota and apply this framework to a case study demonstrating how incorporating host information can improve the ...
Zihui Wang, Sarah Piché‐Choquette, Jocelyn Lauzon, Sarah Ishak, Steven W. Kembel   +4 more
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Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Cytisus scoparius*

Journal of Ecology, EarlyView.
Broom is an attractive and common native plant across Britain, Ireland and most of Europe, and yet it is considered a harmful and invasive weed around the rest of the world. This is aided by broom thriving on poor dry soils, helped by using green stems for photosynthesis and having root nodules to fix nitrogen.
Peter A. Thomas, Monika Dering, Grzegorz Iszkuło, Marta Kujawska, Adrian Łukowski, Mariola Rabska, Katarzyna Sękiewicz, Dominik Tomaszewski, Łukasz Walas, Marian J. Giertych   +9 more
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