Ian J. Alexander

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

• Ecology
• Botany
• Fungus

His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Ecology, Mycorrhiza, Mycelium and Annotation. He has researched Botany in several fields, including Environmental chemistry and Symbiosis. His research integrates issues of Base sequence and Mycorrhizal fungi in his study of Ecology.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Albizia, Germination, Horticulture, Intsia and Rhizosphere. His studies in Mycelium integrate themes in fields like Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism, Phosphate, Ectomycorrhiza and Hypha. His Annotation study combines topics in areas such as Phylogenetics, Ribosomal DNA, Herbarium, GenBank and Computational biology.

His most cited work include:

• The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi - recent updates and future perspectives (981 citations)
• UNITE: a database providing web-based methods for the molecular identification of ectomycorrhizal fungi (657 citations)
• Role of oxalic acid overexcretion in transformations of toxic metal minerals by Beauveria caledonica. (192 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Botany, Mycorrhiza, Ectomycorrhiza, Ecology and Mycelium. As part of the same scientific family, Ian J. Alexander usually focuses on Botany, concentrating on Symbiosis and intersecting with Root system and Internal transcribed spacer. His study in the field of Paxillus involutus is also linked to topics like Phosphorus.

In his research, Biomass and Soil respiration is intimately related to Nutrient, which falls under the overarching field of Ectomycorrhiza. His research is interdisciplinary, bridging the disciplines of Biological dispersal and Ecology. His work in Mycelium addresses issues such as Sporocarp, which are connected to fields such as Hydnellum aurantiacum.

He most often published in these fields:

• Botany (69.57%)
• Mycorrhiza (38.04%)
• Ectomycorrhiza (32.61%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2010-2015)?

• Botany (69.57%)
• Ecology (27.17%)
• Ectomycorrhiza (32.61%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of investigation include Botany, Ecology, Ectomycorrhiza, Phosphorus and Mycorrhiza. His Botany study typically links adjacent topics like Species richness. Ecology is closely attributed to Carbon metabolism in his study.

The Ectomycorrhiza study combines topics in areas such as Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism, Nutrient, Gnetum and Species diversity. The concepts of his Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism study are interwoven with issues in Fungal mycelium, Internal transcribed spacer, Moss, Symbiosis and Community structure. His Mycelium research includes themes of Sporocarp, Phellodon niger and Hydnellum aurantiacum.

Between 2010 and 2015, his most popular works were:

• Spatial analysis of ectomycorrhizal fungi reveals that root tip communities are structured by competitive interactions (83 citations)
• Regional scale gradients of climate and nitrogen deposition drive variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities associated with native Scots pine (48 citations)
• Fine‐scale diversity and distribution of ectomycorrhizal fungal mycelium in a Scots pine forest (40 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

• Ecology
• Botany
• Fungus

His scientific interests lie mostly in Ecology, Scots pine, Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism, Ectomycorrhiza and Mycelium. He is interested in Abundance, which is a branch of Ecology. His Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism study incorporates themes from Identification, Microbial ecology, Species diversity, Biological dispersal and Community structure.

Ian J. Alexander carries out multidisciplinary research, doing studies in Ectomycorrhiza and Co-occurrence. His Mycelium study is concerned with Botany in general. His Phellodon niger and Hydnellum aurantiacum study are his primary interests in Botany.