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List of works by Alastair H. Fitter

A field study using the fungicide benomyl to investigate the effect of mycorrhizal fungi on plant fitness

scientific article published on 01 July 1992

Active root-inhabiting microbes identified by rapid incorporation of plant-derived carbon into RNA

scholarly article

Arbuscular mycorrhizal communities associated with maples (Acer spp.) in a common garden are influenced by season and host plant

article

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can transfer substantial amounts of nitrogen to their host plant from organic material

scientific article published on 22 September 2008

Biodiversity and ecosystem services: a multilayered relationship

scientific article

Chapter 1. An Assessment of Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in Europe

scholarly article

Common ground

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Distinct seasonal assemblages of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi revealed by massively parallel pyrosequencing

scientific article published on February 7, 2011

Earthworm extraction by electroshocking does not affect canopy CO2 exchange, root respiration, mycorrhizal fungal abundance or mycorrhizal fungal vitality

Ecological society supports its African counterparts

scientific article published in March 2006

Ecology. Making allelopathy respectable

scientific article published in September 2003

Fungi in the future: interannual variation and effects of atmospheric change on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

scientific article

Growth and symbiotic effectiveness of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in organic matter in competition with soil bacteria

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

How many fungi does it take to change a plant community?

article

Impact of soil warming and shading on colonization and community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in roots of a native grassland community

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Impact of temperature on the relationship between respiration and nitrogen concentration in roots: an analysis of scaling relationships, Q10 values and thermal acclimation ratios

scientific article published in January 2007

Local adaptation to soil hypoxia determines the structure of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community in roots from natural CO₂ springs

scientific article

Magnolioid roots – hairs, architecture and mycorrhizal dependency

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

Microbial mediation of plant competition and community structure

article

Mycorrhizal fungal abundance is affected by long-term climatic manipulations in the field

article published in 2003

Mycorrhizal respiration: implications for global scaling relationships

scientific article published on 29 September 2008

Natural selection and the evolutionary ecology of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Phylum Glomeromycota).

scientific article published on 08 May 2009

Nitrate and phosphate availability and distribution have different effects on root system architecture of Arabidopsis

scientific article

Only natural?

scientific article published in Nature

Origin, local experience, and the impact of biotic interactions on native and introduced Senecio species

article

Population Biology and Rates of Invasion of Three Introduced Impatiens Species in the British Isles

article

Presence of arbuscular mycorrhizas in typically ectomycorrhizal host species from Cameroon and New Zealand

scientific article published in 1999

Rapid turnover of hyphae of mycorrhizal fungi determined by AMS microanalysis of 14C.

scientific article published in May 2003

Relationships between root characteristics and seed size in two contrasting floras

scientific article published on 25 July 2002

Relative roles of niche and neutral processes in structuring a soil microbial community

scientific article

Research rankings: does size matter?

scientific article published in March 2009

Root system architecture determines fitness in an Arabidopsis mutant in competition for immobile phosphate ions but not for nitrate ions

scientific article (publication date: 7 October 2002)

Roots are branching out in patches

Substantial nitrogen acquisition by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from organic material has implications for N cycling

scientific article

Temperature dependence of respiration in roots colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

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The Breakdown and Restoration of Ecosystems, edited by M.W. Holdgate and M.J. Woodman. Plenum Press, $36.

scientific article published on 24 April 2009

The Restoration of Land, Studies in Ecology Vol.6, edited by A.D. Bradshaw and M.J. Chadwick. Blackwell, £13.50.

scientific article published on 24 April 2009

The Varying Success of Invaders

scientific article published on 09 May 2006

The characters of successful invaders

scientific article

The speed of soil carbon throughput in an upland grassland is increased by liming

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

Why plant science matters

scientific article published on 01 January 2012