Ji Zhang
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PhD | ecologist | 🌿 | 🍄 |
Increasing Prevalence of Plant-Fungal Symbiosis Across Two Centuries of Environmental Change
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Increasing Prevalence of Plant‐Fungal Symbiosis Across Two Centuries of Environmental Change
This research examines seeds sampled from historic herbarium specimens to look for changes in the presence of beneficial fungal symbionts in response to climate change drivers. These specimens from t...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.70577?af=R
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Medicinal plants meet modern biodiversity science: Current Biology
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Medicinal plants meet modern biodiversity science
Davis and Choisy review how scientific understanding of medicinal plants will be revolutionized by integrating and synthesizing concepts and methods from the diverse fields of Evolutionary Ecology, Mo...
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2823%2901738-4
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The human fingerprint of medicinal plant species diversity
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The human fingerprint of medicinal plant species diversity
Medicinal plants have been integral to human cultures for millennia and have played a central role in the development and expansion of societies.1 The…
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16 days ago
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Francis M. Martin
18 days ago
Join us! Online seminar in the Challenges in Forest Ecology series on Nov. 5th at 4:00 pm
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It’s nice to meet Prof. Laurent Philippot and Dr. Chunkai Li at the Joint Conference of the 1st ISME Asia Forum and 2025 CAME.
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Floral scent chemodiversity is associated with high floral visitor but low bacterial richness on flowers - Hanusch - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library
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Floral scent chemodiversity is associated with high floral visitor but low bacterial richness on flowers
Floral scents are complex blends of volatile compounds, yet the influence of floral scent chemodiversity, the richness, evenness, and functional disparity of phytochemical compounds in shaping inter.....
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70600?af=R
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Beyond phylogeny: phytochemical diversity as a unique metric for biodiversity in the Gentianales - Richard‐Bollans - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library
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24 days ago
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Frédérique Reverchon
26 days ago
Finally out! 🥳 📖 Soil microorganisms for plant growth promotion and soil health Check our chapter on
#multiomics
for sustainable agriculture! 🧬👩💻
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Soil Microorganisms for Plant Growth Promotion and Soil Health
Soil Microorganisms for Plant Growth Promotion and Soil Health provides readers with an overview of plant growth-promoting microorganisms and their...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780443340550/soil-microorganisms-for-plant-growth-promotion-and-soil-health
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Frédérique Reverchon
27 days ago
Weekend read 🤓 "How to harness the effects of exudates and microbes that support beneficial plant–plant interactions for sustainable agriculture"
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ICOM 2026
28 days ago
🚨Symposia application deadline EXTENDED!🚨 The
#ICOM2026
organizing committee are now accepting applications for symposia until Friday, the 31st of October. Form and details here ⬇️
icom2026.org/symposia/
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ICOM2026 – Call for Symposia
Call for Symposia The Call for Symposia at ICOM2026 is open! Download Application Form below Deadline for submission: 15 October 2025 Decision: 1 November 2025 ICOM2026 will host a series of sympos…
https://icom2026.org/symposia/
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reposted by
Ji Zhang
Martin A. Nuñez
28 days ago
New paper!!
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Global Homogenisation of Plant Communities Along Mountain Roads by Non‐Native Species
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Global Homogenisation of Plant Communities Along Mountain Roads by Non‐Native Species Despite Mixed Effects at Smaller Scales
Aim Mountain ecosystems are experiencing increased invasion of non-native plants. These increases in non-native species put mountains at risk of biotic homogenisation and a reduction of biodiversity...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.70137
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Unraveling complexity in climate change effects on beneficial plant–microbe interactions: mechanisms, resilience, and future directions - Afkhami - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library
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Unraveling complexity in climate change effects on beneficial plant–microbe interactions: mechanisms, resilience, and future directions
Plant microbiomes have the potential to mitigate the impacts of climate change, yet both the complexity of climate change and the complexity of plant–microbe interactions make applications and future...
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70644
30 days ago
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Ji Zhang
Shingo Miyauchi
about 1 month ago
🌟Call for Papers: Genomics of Symbiosis🌟 I am a guest editor for BMC Genomics. Looking forward to your exciting manuscripts on all types of symbiosis on earth including symbiotic fungi and their hosts! 🌿🍄
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Microbiome spatial scaling varies among members, hosts, and environments across model island ecosystems url:
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Microbiome spatial scaling varies among members, hosts, and environments across model island ecosystems
Abstract. The species area relationship is a classic ecological law describing the relationship between habitat increase and the number of species. Species
https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article/doi/10.1093/ismejo/wraf228/8284954
about 1 month ago
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Ji Zhang
Martin A. Nuñez
about 1 month ago
For the record: science has no official language.
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From beginning to end: the synecology of tree‐killing bark beetles, fungi, and trees - Six - Biological Reviews - Wiley Online Library
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From beginning to end: the synecology of tree‐killing bark beetles, fungi, and trees
Over a century of research has revealed an amazing complexity of behaviours and physiological adaptations that allow tiny bark beetles to overcome large trees, sometimes resulting in outbreaks that k...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70084#
about 1 month ago
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Gaurav Pandharikar
about 1 month ago
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🌿 Excited to share our Primer on fungal endophytes, the elusive members of the fungal kingdom that defy easy classification. Neither pathogens nor symbionts in the strict sense, they challenge how we define ecological guilds.
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Fungal endophytes
Organisms are commonly grouped into ecological guilds that reflect their shared resource use and similar ecological roles. The guild concept has been …
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982225011248?dgcid=author
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Jiuzhai Valley in Sichuan is amazing.
about 1 month ago
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Recent vegetation shifts in the French Alps with winners outnumbering losers - Goury - Journal of Ecology - Wiley Online Library
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Recent vegetation shifts in the French Alps with winners outnumbering losers
Analysing 11 million records of 4250 French Alps plant species over 30 years shows that one-third expanded their range, dominated by thermophilic and fast-colonizing species, while 13% declined. Most...
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.70159?af=R
about 2 months ago
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Gene Family Expansions Provide Molecular Flexibility Required for Context‐Dependent Species Interactions - Hernandez - 2025 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library
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Gene Family Expansions Provide Molecular Flexibility Required for Context‐Dependent Species Interactions
We explore how the evolution of molecular complexity through gene family expansions is essential for regulating arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in different environmental contexts. Specifically, we ....
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.70213
about 2 months ago
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The path toward a unified trait space: synthesizing plant functional diversity - Carmona - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library
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The path toward a unified trait space: synthesizing plant functional diversity
Plant traits capture the remarkable diversity of ecological strategies, yet synthesizing this complexity into coherent frameworks remains challenging. Trait spaces have significantly advanced this ef...
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70584
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A simple plant–mycorrhizal fungal resource trade co‐evolution model explains mutualism stability, extinction and transitory parasitism via fitness feedback - Grasso - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library
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A simple plant–mycorrhizal fungal resource trade co‐evolution model explains mutualism stability, extinction and transitory parasitism via fitness feedback
The mutualism between mycorrhizal fungi and plants has persisted for over 400 million years, despite the mutualism paradox predicting that mutualisms should be evolutionarily unstable due to the fit...
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70540?af=R
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The cycad coralloid root: is there evidence for plant-microbe coevolution?
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The cycad coralloid root: is there evidence for plant-microbe coevolution?
Cycads are survivors, ancient plants originating in the Carboniferous. We hypothesize that cycad resilience and recent diversification could be partia…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369527425000827
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The role of ectomycorrhizal functional diversity in mediating soil carbon cycling under global change - Kaiser - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library
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The role of ectomycorrhizal functional diversity in mediating soil carbon cycling under global change
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https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70559?af=R
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Trait‐based island biogeography as a tool for studying future ecological communities - Schrader - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library
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Trait‐based island biogeography as a tool for studying future ecological communities
Understanding the future of ecological communities under global change is among the most pressing challenges in plant ecology. Islands, with their reduced species diversity and clear boundaries, have....
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70551
2 months ago
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Ji Zhang
Francis M. Martin
3 months ago
Pangeneric analyses reveal the divergent genome evolution and ecologies between morels and truffles in the Morchellaceae published in
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1/n Photo: M. Vulgaris (Ph Clowez)
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Free access
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3 months ago
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Our paper is online. Wild edible boletes from Yunnan are rich in selenium and may offer health benefits by supporting antioxidant defenses and mitigating heavy metal toxicity.
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Health benefits of selenium through the consumption of fresh wild macromycetes from Dali, Yunnan, China
The beneficial effects of dietary selenium in countering mercury toxicity are increasingly being explored. This information would be particularly usef…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0963996925014425
3 months ago
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Harnessing Nutritional Niches to Explore Fungus-Animal Symbioses
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Harnessing Nutritional Niches to Explore Fungus‐Animal Symbioses
The stability of fungus-animal symbioses often depends on optimised nutrient exchange, but we lack a framework to explore whether animal-derived nutrients are optimal for fungal symbionts. This conce...
https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70176
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Cross-kingdom comparative genomics reveal the metabolic potential of fungi for lignin turnover in deadwood - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This study uses comparative genomics and phylogenetics to analyse the distribution and evolution of key enzymes involved in the catabolism of lignin-related aromatic compounds in the bacterial and fun...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02785-6
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I just noticed that the official website of ICOM 2026 has been updated.
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ICOM 2026
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A genomic perspective on fungal diversity and evolution - Nature Reviews Microbiology
In this Review, Mondo and Grigoriev explore the central role of omics approaches to investigate the biology and evolution of fungi and understand phylogeny and how traits evolved over time within the ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-025-01195-6
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Saprotrophy-to-symbiosis continuum in fungi: Current Biology
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Saprotrophy-to-symbiosis continuum in fungi
Fungi exhibit diverse ecological functions. Martin and Tan describe and trace the evolution of saprotrophy and symbiosis in fungi, showing that fungi in nature occupy a continuum between these nutriti...
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2825%2900062-4
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Thousands of endangered trees preserved for centuries inside Chinese temples
Survey uncovers the rich biodiversity protected at sacred sites.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01755-z
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Mycorrhizal networks: Understanding hidden complexity - Frew - 2025 - Functional Ecology - Wiley Online Library
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A one-day hike in Luoji Mountain, Sichuan, with an elevation gain of 1,300 m (from 2500 m to 3800 m). Several different species of Rhododendron, and fir trees.
6 months ago
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Root-associated microbiota of decline-affected and asymptomatic Pinus sylvestris trees
Scientific Data - Root-associated microbiota of decline-affected and asymptomatic Pinus sylvestris trees
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6 months ago
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Ji Zhang
Matthias C. Rillig
6 months ago
New paper out in
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by lab member Yongxing Cui et al. w/
@drlimnology.bsky.social
,
@manudelbaq.bsky.social
& many others 🍾🧪 Global patterns of nutrient limitation in soil microorganisms
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Global patterns of nutrient limitation in soil microorganisms | PNAS
The availability of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) is essential for soil microbial activity and growth, yet global patterns of N and P limitation ...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2424552122
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Angélica L. González
7 months ago
We hope this dataset will be useful to research on
#biogeochemistry
,
#functionalecology
,
#stoichiometry
and beyond!
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Frédérique Reverchon
9 months ago
Today in our weekly
@umr-iam.bsky.social
seminar,
@gpandharikar.bsky.social
introduced us to the fantastic world of poplar roots and of the role of triterpenes for fungal colonization 🍄🤝🌱
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Ji Zhang
Shingo Miyauchi
11 months ago
🟡 Visual Omics Series 11 🟡 Published now! Discover genomic signatures in ectomycorrhizal fungi through a comparative analysis of 63 ECM fungi, uniquely illustrated with Andy Warhol-inspired art. 🧬🖥️
@fmartin54.bsky.social
#Evolution
#Genomics
#Fungi
#DataViz
👉
shorturl.at/xqUBK
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Biking around Dianchi Lake on Sunday.
12 months ago
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Ji Zhang
Frédérique Reverchon
12 months ago
Hello Bluesky ecologists! 🔎 I am looking for examples of cool studies on
#above-#belowground
#interactions
using
#multiomics
for a book chapter I am writing. 🌱🪱🦠🍄 Any recommendation?
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Katie Field
12 months ago
I’m also looking for a PhD student to investigate crop-mycorrhizal interactions, more info about the project and application process here:
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Optimising wheat-fungal symbioses for enhanced nutrition and sustainability at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Optimising wheat-fungal symbioses for enhanced nutrition and sustainability at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/optimising-wheat-fungal-symbioses-for-enhanced-nutrition-and-sustainability/?p177783
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Franciska de Vries 🟥
12 months ago
It’s out!! We subjected soils from 30 different locations across Europe to extreme events and found that soil fungal and bacterial communities showed consistent responses that could be predicted from their origin! With
@knightjar.bsky.social
and many collaborators!
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Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature
Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08185-3
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"Xiao ren ren are typically glimpsed or experienced after dining on inadver- tently undercooked, blue-staining boletes of uncertain identity. "
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David Arora is a great storyteller. Read this Arora (2008)👇 Xiao Ren Ren : The “Little People” of Yunnan
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(PDF) Xiao Ren Ren : The “Little People” of Yunnan
PDF | Xiao ren ren are widely known in Yunnan province, China, at least at the mid-elevations where Han Chinese and Yi people predominate. The phrase... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226076639_Xiao_Ren_Ren_The_Little_People_of_Yunnan
12 months ago
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Frédérique Reverchon
12 months ago
#Introduction
We study the effects of plant pathogens on the plant microbiome, using
#meta-omics
. Our main model is 🥑 and we have investigated diseases such as
#Fusarium
dieback or
#Phytophthora
root rot. Some papers here 👇
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