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59
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2399
National Ranking
20

Overview

Ian A. Dickie is affiliated with the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Their research spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science, with a particular focus on plant science, nature and landscape conservation, and ecology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to studies in plant-fungal interactions, ecology, and environmental systems. Their main topics of work include:

  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Lauren P. Waller
  • Warwick J. Allen
  • Kate H. Orwin
  • Jason M. Tylianakis
  • Sarah J. Sapsford

Ian A. Dickie's research has been published multiple times in reputable journals. Some of the most frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

  • New Phytologist
  • Journal of Ecology
  • New Zealand Journal of Ecology
  • FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • Ecology

Among recent scientific papers by or involving Ian A. Dickie are:

  • Towards a framework for understanding the context dependence of impacts of non-native tree species, 2020, Functional Ecology
  • Biotic interactions drive ecosystem responses to exotic plant invaders, 2020, Science
  • Potential and limitation of air pollution mitigation by vegetation and uncertainties of deposition-based evaluations, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Modelling Accessibility to Urban Green Areas Using Open Earth Observations Data: A Novel Approach to Support the Urban SDG in Four European Cities, 2021, Remote Sensing
  • Agricultural land-use favours Mucoromycotinian, but not Glomeromycotinian, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across ten biomes, 2021, New Phytologist

Their work primarily addresses interactions between plants and fungi, ecosystem responses, urban environmental accessibility, and impacts of agricultural practices on mycorrhizal fungi distributions across biomes. This research contributes to advancing understanding in plant ecology, conservation, and environmental science through a range of interdisciplinary approaches.

Best Publications

  • Redefining fine roots improves understanding of below-ground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes

    M. Luke McCormack;Ian A. Dickie;David M. Eissenstat;Timothy J. Fahey

  • Rooting theories of plant community ecology in microbial interactions

    James D. Bever;Ian A. Dickie;Evelina Facelli;Jose M. Facelli

  • Assembly history dictates ecosystem functioning: evidence from wood decomposer communities.

    Tadashi Fukami;Tadashi Fukami;Ian A. Dickie;J. Paula Wilkie;Barbara C. Paulus

  • Vertical niche differentiation of ectomycorrhizal hyphae in soil as shown by T-RFLP analysis

    Ian A. Dickie;Bing Xu;Roger T. Koide

  • Organic nutrient uptake by mycorrhizal fungi enhances ecosystem carbon storage: a model-based assessment

    Kate H. Orwin;Miko U. F. Kirschbaum;Mark G. St John;Ian A. Dickie

  • DNA metabarcoding-Need for robust experimental designs to draw sound ecological conclusions.

    Lucie Zinger;Aurélie Bonin;Inger G. Alsos;Miklós Bálint

  • Conflicting values: ecosystem services and invasive tree management

    Ian A. Dickie;Ian A. Dickie;Brett M. Bennett;Brett M. Bennett;Larry E. Burrows;Martin Andres Nuñez

  • Co-invasion by Pinus and its mycorrhizal fungi

    Ian A. Dickie;Nicola Bolstridge;Jerry A. Cooper;Duane A. Peltzer

  • Species- and community-level patterns in fine root traits along a 120 000-year soil chronosequence in temperate rain forest

    Robert J. Holdaway;Sarah J. Richardson;Ian A. Dickie;Duane A. Peltzer

  • Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities at forest edges

    Ian A. Dickie;Peter B. Reich

  • Negative soil feedbacks accumulate over time for non-native plant species

    Jeffrey M. Diez;Ian Dickie;Grant Edwards;Philip E. Hulme

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

    Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards;Andy F.S. Taylor

  • INFLUENCES OF ESTABLISHED TREES ON MYCORRHIZAS, NUTRITION, AND GROWTH OF QUERCUS RUBRA SEEDLINGS

    Ian A. Dickie;Roger T. Koide;Kim C. Steiner

  • A common framework for identifying linkage rules across different types of interactions

    Ignasi Bartomeus;Dominique Gravel;Jason M. Tylianakis;Jason M. Tylianakis;Marcelo A. Aizen

  • The emerging science of linked plant-fungal invasions.

    Ian A. Dickie;Ian A. Dickie;Jennifer L. Bufford;Richard C. Cobb;Marie‐Laure Desprez‐Loustau

  • Do assembly history effects attenuate from species to ecosystem properties? A field test with wood-inhabiting fungi

    Ian A. Dickie;Tadashi Fukami;Tadashi Fukami;J. Paula Wilkie;Robert B. Allen

  • Using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) to identify mycorrhizal fungi: a methods review

    I. A. Dickie;R. G. FitzJohn

  • Host identity is a dominant driver of mycorrhizal fungal community composition during ecosystem development.

    Laura B. Martínez‐García;Laura B. Martínez‐García;Laura B. Martínez‐García;Sarah J. Richardson;Jason M. Tylianakis;Jason M. Tylianakis;Duane A. Peltzer

  • Towards robust and repeatable sampling methods in eDNA-based studies

    Ian A. Dickie;Ian A. Dickie;Stephane Boyer;Stephane Boyer;Hannah L. Buckley;Richard P. Duncan

  • Dual-mycorrhizal plants: their ecology and relevance.

    François P. Teste;François P. Teste;Melanie D. Jones;Ian A. Dickie

  • Mycorrhizas and mycorrhizal fungal communities throughout ecosystem development

    Ian A. Dickie;Laura B. Martínez-García;Nina Koele;G.-A. Grelet;G.-A. Grelet

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

    M. I. Bidartondo;Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards

Frequent Co-Authors

Duane A. Peltzer
Duane A. Peltzer Landcare Research
Jason M. Tylianakis
Jason M. Tylianakis University of Canterbury
Jamie R. Wood
Jamie R. Wood University of Adelaide
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Roger T. Koide
Roger T. Koide Brigham Young University
Martin A. Nuñez
Martin A. Nuñez University of Houston
Sarah J. Richardson
Sarah J. Richardson Landcare Research
Peter J. Bellingham
Peter J. Bellingham Landcare Research
Tadashi Fukami
Tadashi Fukami Stanford University
Jacek Oleksyn
Jacek Oleksyn Polish Academy of Sciences

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