List of works - Toby Kiers

A biological market analysis of the plant-mycorrhizal symbiosis.

scientific article published on 21 July 2014

A single evolutionary innovation drives the deep evolution of symbiotic N2-fixation in angiosperms

scientific article (publication date: 10 June 2014)

Adapt or disperse: understanding species persistence in a changing world

Agricultural microbial resources: private property or global commons?

scientific article published on 8 December 2011

Build your own soil: exploring microfluidics to create microbial habitat structures.

scientific article

Can social partnerships influence the microbiome? Insights from ant farmers and their trophobiont mutualists.

scientific article published on 7 February 2018

Carbon availability triggers fungal nitrogen uptake and transport in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

scientific article published on 30 January 2012

Compartmentalization drives the evolution of symbiotic cooperation

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

Context-dependency of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant-insect interactions in an agroecosystem

scientific article published on 05 September 2013

Controlling the reproductive fate of rhizobia: how universal are legume sanctions?

scientific article published on 10 July 2009

Core microbiomes for sustainable agroecosystems

scientific article published on 01 May 2018

Darwinian agriculture: when can humans find solutions beyond the reach of natural selection?

scientific article

Defending Earth’s terrestrial microbiome

scientific article published on 3 October 2022

Detection of genetic incompatibilities in non-model systems using simple genetic markers: hybrid breakdown in the haplodiploid spider mite Tetranychus evansi

scientific article

Do fungivores trigger the transfer of protective metabolites from host plants to arbuscular mycorrhizal hyphae?

scientific article published in September 2013

Ecological interactions drive evolutionary loss of traits

scientific article published on 02 July 2012

Ecology. Agriculture at a crossroads

scientific article

Emerging conflicts between biodiversity conservation laws and scientific research: the case of the Czech entomologists in India

scientific article

Evolution of manipulative microbial behaviors in the rhizosphere

scientific article published on 10 December 2021

Evolution of microbial markets

scientific article published on 13 January 2014

Evolution: Welcome to Symbiont Prison.

scientific article published in January 2016

Evolution: what is an organism?

scientific article published in December 2009

Evolutionary biology. Evolving new organisms via symbiosis.

scientific article published in April 2015

Evolutionary ecology of mycorrhizal functional diversity in agricultural systems

scientific article

Evolutionary maintenance of genomic diversity within arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

scientific article published on 11 February 2019

Evolutionary signals of symbiotic persistence in the legume-rhizobia mutualism.

scientific article

Finding fungal ecological strategies: Is recycling an option?

scientific article published on 26 December 2019

Friends in fungi

scientific article published on 01 September 2012

Fungal nutrient allocation in common mycorrhizal networks is regulated by the carbon source strength of individual host plants

scientific article published on 2 May 2014

Growth benefits provided by different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to Plantago lanceolata depend on the form of available phosphorus

Herbivore removal reduces influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant growth and tolerance in an East African savanna.

scientific article published on 29 March 2018

Herbivory reduces plant interactions with above- and belowground antagonists and mutualists

scientific article published in July 2012

Hiding in a crowd—does diversity facilitate persistence of a low-quality fungal partner in the mycorrhizal symbiosis?

article published in 2012

High functional diversity within species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is associated with differences in phosphate and nitrogen uptake and fungal phosphate metabolism.

scientific article published on 24 February 2015

Host diversity affects the abundance of the extraradical arbuscular mycorrhizal network

scientific article

Host plant quality mediates competition between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

article

Host sanctions and the legume–rhizobium mutualism

scientific article (publication date: 4 September 2003)

Human selection and the relaxation of legume defences against ineffective rhizobia

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

Inclusive fitness in agriculture

scientific article published on 31 March 2014

Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

scientific article published on March 2011

Intense competition between arbuscular mycorrhizal mutualists in an in vitro root microbiome negatively affects total fungal abundance

scientific article

Life histories of symbiotic rhizobia and mycorrhizal fungi

scientific article published on September 2011

Lifestyle alternatives for rhizobia: mutualism, parasitism, and forgoing symbiosis

scientific article published in August 2004

Lifestyle alternatives for rhizobia: mutualism, parasitism, and forgoing symbiosis

scientific article published on 09 January 2006

Linking agricultural practices, mycorrhizal fungi, and traits mediating plant-insect interactions.

scientific article

Long-term agricultural management maximizing hay production can significantly reduce belowground C storage

article

Major evolutionary transitions in individuality

scientific article

Misconceptions on the application of biological market theory to the mycorrhizal symbiosis.

scientific article published on 4 May 2016

Mutualisms in a changing world: an evolutionary perspective

scientific article

Mutualistic stability in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis: exploring hypotheses of evolutionary cooperation

scientific article

Mycorrhizal Fungi Respond to Resource Inequality by Moving Phosphorus from Rich to Poor Patches across Networks.

scientific article

Mycorrhizal Markets, Firms, and Co-ops

scientific article published on 31 August 2018

Mycorrhizal fungal establishment in agricultural soils: factors determining inoculation success

scientific article published on March 2013

Mycorrhizal fungi control value of phosphorus in trade symbiosis with host roots when exposed to abrupt 'crashes' and 'booms' of resource availability

scientific article published on 30 October 2020

Mycorrhizal mycelium as a global carbon pool

Order of arrival structures arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization of plants.

scientific article

PHYMYCO-DB: a curated database for analyses of fungal diversity and evolution.

scientific article published on 13 September 2012

Parallel Evolution in the Integration of a Co-obligate Aphid Symbiosis

scientific article published on 29 March 2020

Parasponia: a novel system for studying mutualism stability

scientific article

Partner selection in the mycorrhizal mutualism.

scientific article

Predicting community and ecosystem outcomes of mycorrhizal responses to global change.

scientific article

Publisher Correction: Core microbiomes for sustainable agroecosystems

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Quantifying Nutrient Trade in the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Under Extreme Weather Events Using Quantum-Dot Tagged Phosphorus

scientific article published on 06 April 2021

Reciprocal rewards stabilize cooperation in the mycorrhizal symbiosis

scientific article published in August 2011

Restricting mutualistic partners to enforce trade reliance.

scientific article published on 27 January 2016

Rewilding plant microbiomes

scientific article published on 11 November 2022

Root herbivory indirectly affects above- and below-ground community members and directly reduces plant performance

scientific article published on 21 September 2015

Sanctions and mutualism stability: when should less beneficial mutualists be tolerated?

article by S. A. West et al published 21 August 2002 in Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Sanctions and mutualism stability: why do rhizobia fix nitrogen?

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

Selective flower abortion maintains moth cooperation in a newly discovered pollination mutualism

scientific article published on 26 January 2010

Signals and cues in the evolution of plant-microbe communication.

scientific article published on 24 June 2016

Single‐strain inoculation may create spurious correlations between legume fitness and rhizobial fitness ⬇️

scientific article published on October 26, 2012

Spatial structure and interspecific cooperation: theory and an empirical test using the mycorrhizal mutualism

scientific article published on 29 March 2012

Symbiont switching and alternative resource acquisition strategies drive mutualism breakdown

scientific article published on 30 April 2018

Synergy of multiple partners, including freeloaders, increases host fitness in a multispecies mutualism

scientific article

Temporal tracking of quantum-dot apatite across in vitro mycorrhizal networks shows how host demand can influence fungal nutrient transfer strategies

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Testing potential effects of maize expressing the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab endotoxin (Bt maize) on mycorrhizal fungal communities via DNA- and RNA-based pyrosequencing and molecular fingerprinting.

scientific article

Tetranychus evansi spider mite populations suppress tomato defenses to varying degrees

scientific article published on 12 April 2020

The Evolution of Mutualistic Dependence

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

The Impact of Mutualisms on Species Richness

scientific article published on 17 April 2019

The Non-Legume Parasponia andersonii Mediates the Fitness of Nitrogen-Fixing Rhizobial Symbionts Under High Nitrogen Conditions

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

The biological reality of host sanctions and partner fidelity

scientific article published on 10 January 2011

The danger of mycorrhizal traps?

scientific article published in July 2014

The evolution of host-symbiont dependence.

scientific article published on 4 July 2017

The role of carbon in fungal nutrient uptake and transport: implications for resource exchange in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

scientific article published on 18 September 2012

Tracking plant preference for higher-quality mycorrhizal symbionts under varying CO2 conditions over multiple generations

scientific article published on 23 November 2017

Tradeoffs in the evolution of plant farming by ants

scientific article published on 21 January 2020

Using hybrid automata modelling to study phenotypic plasticity and allocation strategies in the plant mycorrhizal mutualism

article

Why are most rhizobia beneficial to their plant hosts, rather than parasitic?

scientific article published in November 2004

List of works by Toby Kiers

A biological market analysis of the plant-mycorrhizal symbiosis.

A single evolutionary innovation drives the deep evolution of symbiotic N2-fixation in angiosperms

Adapt or disperse: understanding species persistence in a changing world

Agricultural microbial resources: private property or global commons?

Build your own soil: exploring microfluidics to create microbial habitat structures.

Can social partnerships influence the microbiome? Insights from ant farmers and their trophobiont mutualists.

Carbon availability triggers fungal nitrogen uptake and transport in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

Compartmentalization drives the evolution of symbiotic cooperation

Context-dependency of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant-insect interactions in an agroecosystem

Controlling the reproductive fate of rhizobia: how universal are legume sanctions?

Core microbiomes for sustainable agroecosystems

Darwinian agriculture: when can humans find solutions beyond the reach of natural selection?

Defending Earth’s terrestrial microbiome

Detection of genetic incompatibilities in non-model systems using simple genetic markers: hybrid breakdown in the haplodiploid spider mite Tetranychus evansi

Do fungivores trigger the transfer of protective metabolites from host plants to arbuscular mycorrhizal hyphae?

Ecological interactions drive evolutionary loss of traits

Ecology. Agriculture at a crossroads

Emerging conflicts between biodiversity conservation laws and scientific research: the case of the Czech entomologists in India

Evolution of manipulative microbial behaviors in the rhizosphere

Evolution of microbial markets

Evolution: Welcome to Symbiont Prison.

Evolution: what is an organism?

Evolutionary biology. Evolving new organisms via symbiosis.

Evolutionary ecology of mycorrhizal functional diversity in agricultural systems

Evolutionary maintenance of genomic diversity within arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Evolutionary signals of symbiotic persistence in the legume-rhizobia mutualism.

Finding fungal ecological strategies: Is recycling an option?

Friends in fungi

Fungal nutrient allocation in common mycorrhizal networks is regulated by the carbon source strength of individual host plants

Growth benefits provided by different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to Plantago lanceolata depend on the form of available phosphorus

Herbivore removal reduces influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant growth and tolerance in an East African savanna.

Herbivory reduces plant interactions with above- and belowground antagonists and mutualists

Hiding in a crowd—does diversity facilitate persistence of a low-quality fungal partner in the mycorrhizal symbiosis?

High functional diversity within species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is associated with differences in phosphate and nitrogen uptake and fungal phosphate metabolism.

Host diversity affects the abundance of the extraradical arbuscular mycorrhizal network

Host plant quality mediates competition between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Host sanctions and the legume–rhizobium mutualism

Human selection and the relaxation of legume defences against ineffective rhizobia

Inclusive fitness in agriculture

Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

Intense competition between arbuscular mycorrhizal mutualists in an in vitro root microbiome negatively affects total fungal abundance

Life histories of symbiotic rhizobia and mycorrhizal fungi

Lifestyle alternatives for rhizobia: mutualism, parasitism, and forgoing symbiosis

Lifestyle alternatives for rhizobia: mutualism, parasitism, and forgoing symbiosis

Linking agricultural practices, mycorrhizal fungi, and traits mediating plant-insect interactions.

Long-term agricultural management maximizing hay production can significantly reduce belowground C storage

Major evolutionary transitions in individuality

Misconceptions on the application of biological market theory to the mycorrhizal symbiosis.

Mutualisms in a changing world: an evolutionary perspective

Mutualistic stability in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis: exploring hypotheses of evolutionary cooperation

Mycorrhizal Fungi Respond to Resource Inequality by Moving Phosphorus from Rich to Poor Patches across Networks.

Mycorrhizal Markets, Firms, and Co-ops

Mycorrhizal fungal establishment in agricultural soils: factors determining inoculation success

Mycorrhizal fungi control value of phosphorus in trade symbiosis with host roots when exposed to abrupt 'crashes' and 'booms' of resource availability

Mycorrhizal mycelium as a global carbon pool

Order of arrival structures arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization of plants.

PHYMYCO-DB: a curated database for analyses of fungal diversity and evolution.

Parallel Evolution in the Integration of a Co-obligate Aphid Symbiosis

Parasponia: a novel system for studying mutualism stability

Partner selection in the mycorrhizal mutualism.

Predicting community and ecosystem outcomes of mycorrhizal responses to global change.

Publisher Correction: Core microbiomes for sustainable agroecosystems

Quantifying Nutrient Trade in the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Under Extreme Weather Events Using Quantum-Dot Tagged Phosphorus

Reciprocal rewards stabilize cooperation in the mycorrhizal symbiosis

Restricting mutualistic partners to enforce trade reliance.

Rewilding plant microbiomes

Root herbivory indirectly affects above- and below-ground community members and directly reduces plant performance

Sanctions and mutualism stability: when should less beneficial mutualists be tolerated?

Sanctions and mutualism stability: why do rhizobia fix nitrogen?

Selective flower abortion maintains moth cooperation in a newly discovered pollination mutualism

Signals and cues in the evolution of plant-microbe communication.

Single‐strain inoculation may create spurious correlations between legume fitness and rhizobial fitness ⬇️

Spatial structure and interspecific cooperation: theory and an empirical test using the mycorrhizal mutualism

Symbiont switching and alternative resource acquisition strategies drive mutualism breakdown

Symbiont switching and alternative resource acquisition strategies drive mutualism breakdown

Synergy of multiple partners, including freeloaders, increases host fitness in a multispecies mutualism

Temporal tracking of quantum-dot apatite across in vitro mycorrhizal networks shows how host demand can influence fungal nutrient transfer strategies

Testing potential effects of maize expressing the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab endotoxin (Bt maize) on mycorrhizal fungal communities via DNA- and RNA-based pyrosequencing and molecular fingerprinting.

Tetranychus evansi spider mite populations suppress tomato defenses to varying degrees