List of works - Benjamin A Sikes

Abiotic and biotic context dependency of perennial crop yield

scientific article published on 26 June 2020

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities change among three stages of primary sand dune succession but do not alter plant growth

scientific article published on 4 April 2012

Community structure of soil fungi in a novel perennial crop monoculture, annual agriculture, and native prairie reconstruction

scientific article published on 30 January 2020

Coupled ecological and management connectivity across administrative boundaries in undeveloped landscapes

scientific article published on 15 January 2021

Deciphering the Relative Contributions of Multiple Functions within Plant-Microbe Symbioses

scientific article published in 2010

Deciphering the relative contributions of multiple functions within plant-microbe symbioses

scientific article

Determining a minimum detection threshold in terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis ⬇️

scientific article published on October 8, 2011

Environmental legacy effects impact maize growth and microbiome assembly under drought stress

Field-based effects of allelopathy in invaded tallgrass prairie

scientific article published in 2011

Fire as a driver of fungal diversity — A synthesis of current knowledge

scientific article published in 2022

Frequent fire reorganizes fungal communities and slows decomposition across a heterogeneous pine savanna landscape

scientific article published on 14 September 2019

Frequent fire slows microbial decomposition of newly deposited fine fuels in a pyrophilic ecosystem

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Fuel accumulation shapes post-fire fuel decomposition through soil heating effects on plants, fungi, and soil chemistry

scientific article published in January 2025

Fuel buildup shapes post-fire fuel decomposition through soil heating effects on plants, fungi, and soil chemistry

Fungal community structure and seasonal trajectories respond similarly to fire across pyrophilic ecosystems

scientific article published on 05 November 2020

How social and ecological characteristics shape transaction costs in polycentric wildfire governance: insights from the Sequoia-Kings Canyon Ecosystem, California, USA

scientific article published in 2023

Import volumes and biosecurity interventions shape the arrival rate of fungal pathogens.

scientific article

Internalizing conservation through our own microbes

scientific article published on 01 April 2012

Method or madness: does OTU delineation bias our perceptions of fungal ecology?

scientific article published in June 2014

Mycorrhizal fungal growth responds to soil characteristics, but not host plant identity, during a primary lacustrine dune succession.

scientific article published on 19 October 2013

Novel interactions between alien pathogens and native plants increase plant–pathogen network connectance and decrease specialization

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

Pine savanna restoration on agricultural landscapes: The path back to native savanna ecosystem services

scientific article published on 17 November 2021

Plant and fungal identity determines pathogen protection of plant roots by arbuscular mycorrhizas

scientific article published on 13 October 2009

Plant and root endophyte assembly history: interactive effects on native and exotic plants

scientific article

Quantifying ecological variation across jurisdictional boundaries in a management mosaic landscape

scientific article published in February 2021

Rapid growth of a Eurasian haplotype of Phragmites australis in a restored brackish marsh in Louisiana, USA

Recurrent fires do not affect the abundance of soil fungi in a frequently burned pine savanna

scientific article published on 23 August 2019

Research on mutualisms between native and non-native partners can contribute critical ecological insights

scientific article published in 2015

Root pathogen diversity and composition varies with climate in undisturbed grasslands, but less so in anthropogenically disturbed grasslands

scientific article published on 21 September 2020

Selection for agronomic traits in intermediate wheatgrass increases responsiveness to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

scientific article published on 6 November 2024

Soil microbes drive the classic plant diversity-productivity pattern

scientific article

Suppression of root-endogenous fungi in persistently inundated Typha roots

scientific article published on 07 August 2019

Taxonomic similarity, more than contact opportunity, explains novel plant-pathogen associations between native and alien taxa

scientific article published on 21 July 2016

When do arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi protect plant roots from pathogens?

scientific article published on June 2010

List of works by Benjamin A Sikes

Abiotic and biotic context dependency of perennial crop yield

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities change among three stages of primary sand dune succession but do not alter plant growth

Community structure of soil fungi in a novel perennial crop monoculture, annual agriculture, and native prairie reconstruction

Coupled ecological and management connectivity across administrative boundaries in undeveloped landscapes

Deciphering the Relative Contributions of Multiple Functions within Plant-Microbe Symbioses

Deciphering the relative contributions of multiple functions within plant-microbe symbioses

Determining a minimum detection threshold in terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis ⬇️

Environmental legacy effects impact maize growth and microbiome assembly under drought stress

Field-based effects of allelopathy in invaded tallgrass prairie

Fire as a driver of fungal diversity — A synthesis of current knowledge

Frequent fire reorganizes fungal communities and slows decomposition across a heterogeneous pine savanna landscape

Frequent fire slows microbial decomposition of newly deposited fine fuels in a pyrophilic ecosystem

Fuel accumulation shapes post-fire fuel decomposition through soil heating effects on plants, fungi, and soil chemistry

Fuel buildup shapes post-fire fuel decomposition through soil heating effects on plants, fungi, and soil chemistry

Fungal community structure and seasonal trajectories respond similarly to fire across pyrophilic ecosystems

How social and ecological characteristics shape transaction costs in polycentric wildfire governance: insights from the Sequoia-Kings Canyon Ecosystem, California, USA

Import volumes and biosecurity interventions shape the arrival rate of fungal pathogens.

Internalizing conservation through our own microbes

Method or madness: does OTU delineation bias our perceptions of fungal ecology?

Mycorrhizal fungal growth responds to soil characteristics, but not host plant identity, during a primary lacustrine dune succession.

Novel interactions between alien pathogens and native plants increase plant–pathogen network connectance and decrease specialization

Pine savanna restoration on agricultural landscapes: The path back to native savanna ecosystem services

Plant and fungal identity determines pathogen protection of plant roots by arbuscular mycorrhizas

Plant and root endophyte assembly history: interactive effects on native and exotic plants

Quantifying ecological variation across jurisdictional boundaries in a management mosaic landscape

Rapid growth of a Eurasian haplotype of Phragmites australis in a restored brackish marsh in Louisiana, USA

Recurrent fires do not affect the abundance of soil fungi in a frequently burned pine savanna

Research on mutualisms between native and non-native partners can contribute critical ecological insights

Root pathogen diversity and composition varies with climate in undisturbed grasslands, but less so in anthropogenically disturbed grasslands

Selection for agronomic traits in intermediate wheatgrass increases responsiveness to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Soil microbes drive the classic plant diversity-productivity pattern

Suppression of root-endogenous fungi in persistently inundated Typha roots

Taxonomic similarity, more than contact opportunity, explains novel plant-pathogen associations between native and alien taxa

When do arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi protect plant roots from pathogens?