Table of Contents Foreword iii Acknowledgments iv List of Tables vi List of Figures vii Chapter One: Introduction 1 Chapter Two: Soil texture and root infecting ascomycete fungi interactively affect plant community structure 7 Chapter Three: Ecological understanding of root-infecting fungi using trait- based approaches 26 Chapter Four: Branching out: towards a trait-based understanding of fungal ecology 42 Chapter Five: Discussion 68 Summary 74 Zusammenfassung 76 Contribution to publications 79 Appendix 80The aim of the present thesis was to increase our understanding of the community assembly of Root Infecting Fungi (RIF) and its effect on plant community and ecosystem dynamics. It specifically targets non-mycorrhizal RIF belonging to the ...
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Foreword i Acknowledgements ii List of figures iv List of tables v Chapter I: General Introduction 1...
Foreword Summary German summary (Zusammenfassung) Chapter 1 General introduction Chapter 2 Independe...
Im Lebensraum Boden stellen Pilze einen bedeutenden Anteil der lebenden Biomasse dar und werden von ...
Die Funktion und Stabilität von terrestrischen Ökosystem ist maßgeblich von ihrer Pflanzenbiodiversi...
Mikrobielle Gemeinschaften werden direkt und indirekt von einem komplexen System verschiedenster Int...
Foraging behavior is a particularly fascinating topic within the studies of social insects. Decision...
The overall aim of this dissertation was to evaluate the relative roles of niche and neutral based p...
The main goal of this dissertation was to explore the connection between soil aggregation and soil w...
This thesis elucidates patterns and drivers of invertebrate herbivory, herbivore diversity, and comm...
In order to test the effects of environmental factors on different characteristics of plant leaf wax...
This thesis analyses the extent of host specialisation in ectomycorrhizas, a mutualistic symbiosis b...
BACTERIAL ENDOSYMBIONTS OF BEEWOLVES Symbiotic interactions between different species are ubiquitous...
The deposition of nitrogen has increased many-fold due to anthropogenic activities. Since forest eco...
Tropical rainforests – characterized by an exceptional biodiversity, important for the regulation of...
Global change phenomena, such as forest disturbance and land-use change significantly affect element...