ReviewThe ISME journal2012
Functional and ecological consequences of saprotrophic fungus-grazer interactions.
Review in The ISME journal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers.
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71 citing papers in PubMed, 267 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Fungal Communities Associated with Wooden Coffins in a Prehistoric Burial Cave.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Phenological mismatches between larks and grasshoppers induced by climate change degrade a grassland ecosystem through trophic cascades.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Tissue-specific assembly of endophytic microbiota in Agriophyllum squarrosum (L.) Moq.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Root-associated bacterial and fungal communities of the endangered páramo bromeliad Puya goudotiana.PloS one · 2026Article
- The molecular revolution in fungal diagnostics: bridging gaps across clinical, agricultural, and environmental mycology.Mycology · 2026Review
- A soil food web approach to integrate soil fauna into multitrophic biogeochemistry.Communications earth & environment · 2026Review
- Anticancer Secondary Metabolites Produced by Fungi: Potential and Representative Compounds.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Integration of gut microbiome and lipid metabolism reveals the anti-cancer effects of pentadecanoic acid on bladder cancer.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Not Extremely Plastic: Testing the Limits of Morphological Plasticity in Fungal Mycelia in Response to Soil Grazers.Ecology letters · 2025Article
- Soil Allies: Exploring the Combined Potential of Folsomia candida and Trichoderma spp. Against Fusarium oxysporum.Environmental microbiology reports · 2025Article
- Biodiversity in mountain soils above the treeline.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025Review
- The regulatory network ofMicrobiology spectrum · 2025Article
- Disentangling drivers behind fungal diversity gradients along altitude and latitude.The New phytologist · 2025Article
- Composition, Predicted Functions, and Co-occurrence Networks of Bacteria and Fungi in Hummock Wetlands of Northeastern Inner Mongolia, China.Microbial ecology · 2025Article
- Fungal-mediated soil aggregation as a mechanism for carbon stabilization.The ISME journal · 2025Review
- Functional diversity of soil macrofauna may contribute to microbial community stabilization under drought stress.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
11 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Saprotrophic fungi are key regulators of nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. They are the primary agents of plant litter decomposition and their hyphal networks, which grow throughout the soil-litter interface, represent highly dynamic channels through which nutrients are readily distributed. By ingesting hyphae and dispersing spores, soil invertebrates, including Arthropoda, Oligochaetae and Nematoda, influence fungal-mediated nutrient distribution within soil. Fungal physiological responses to grazing include changes to hydrolytic enzyme production and respiration rates. These directly affect nutrient mineralisation and the flux of CO(2) between terrestrial and atmospheric pools. Preferential grazing may also exert selective pressures on saprotrophic communities, driving shifts in fungal succession and community composition. These functional and ecological consequences of grazing are intrinsically linked, and influenced by invertebrate grazing intensity. High-intensity grazing often reduces fungal growth and activity, whereas low-intensity grazing can have stimulatory effects. Grazing intensity is directly related to invertebrate abundance, and varies dramatically between species and functional groups. Invertebrate diversity and community composition, therefore, represent key factors determining the functioning of saprotrophic fungal communities and the services they provide.
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