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55
Citations
18363
World Ranking
2910
National Ranking
1030

Overview

Kabir G. Peay is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Geophysics and related subfields. The scientist's work also touches on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Plant Science, and Insect Science.

The main topics covered by Kabir G. Peay include:

  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Scientific contributions are documented through publications in various venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • New Phytologist
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • ISME Communications

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Kabir G. Peay include:

  • Ectomycorrhizal fungi drive positive phylogenetic plant-soil feedbacks in a regionally dominant tropical plant family, 2020, published in Ecology
  • Decadal changes in fire frequencies shift tree communities and functional traits, 2021, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity predicted to substantially decline due to climate changes in North American Pinaceae forests, 2020, published in Journal of Biogeography
  • A Landscape of Opportunities for Microbial Ecology Research, 2020, published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Fungal impacts on Earth's ecosystems, 2025, published in Nature

Frequent coauthors of Kabir G. Peay include:

  • Laura Bogar
  • Glade Dlott
  • Louis Berrios
  • Michael E. Van Nuland
  • Peter T. Pellitier

Best Publications

  • Towards a unified paradigm for sequence-based identification of fungi

    Urmas Koljalg;Urmas Koljalg;R. Henrik Nilsson;Kessy Abarenkov;Leho Tedersoo

  • Core microbiomes for sustainable agroecosystems.

    Hirokazu Toju;Hirokazu Toju;Kabir G. Peay;Masato Yamamichi;Kazuhiko Narisawa

  • A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes

    Stephen Nayfach;Simon Roux;Rekha Seshadri;Daniel Udwary

  • Dimensions of biodiversity in the Earth mycobiome

    Kabir G. Peay;Peter G. Kennedy;Jennifer M. Talbot

  • Sequence depth, not PCR replication, improves ecological inference from next generation DNA sequencing.

    Dylan P. Smith;Kabir G. Peay

  • Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses

    B. S. Steidinger;T. W. Crowther;J. Liang;M. E. Van Nuland

  • Endemism and functional convergence across the North American soil mycobiome

    Jennifer M. Talbot;Thomas D. Bruns;John W. Taylor;Dylan P. Smith

  • Towards global patterns in the diversity and community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi

    Leho Tedersoo;Leho Tedersoo;Mohammad Bahram;Märt Toots;Abdala G. Diédhiou

  • A strong species–area relationship for eukaryotic soil microbes: island size matters for ectomycorrhizal fungi

    Kabir G. Peay;Thomas D. Bruns;Peter G. Kennedy;Sarah E. Bergemann

  • Measuring ectomycorrhizal fungal dispersal: macroecological patterns driven by microscopic propagules.

    Kabir G. Peay;Kabir G. Peay;Max G. Schubert;Nhu H. Nguyen;Thomas D. Bruns

  • A meta-analysis of global fungal distribution reveals climate-driven patterns

    Tomáš Větrovský;Petr Kohout;Petr Kohout;Martin Kopecký;Martin Kopecký;Antonin Machac

  • Fungal Community Ecology: A Hybrid Beast with a Molecular Master

    Kabir G. Peay;Peter G. Kennedy;Thomas D. Bruns

  • Evidence of dispersal limitation in soil microorganisms: isolation reduces species richness on mycorrhizal tree islands.

    Kabir G. Peay;Matteo Garbelotto;Thomas D. Bruns

  • Strong coupling of plant and fungal community structure across western Amazonian rainforests

    Kabir G Peay;Christopher Baraloto;Paul V A Fine

  • Parsing ecological signal from noise in next generation amplicon sequencing

    Nhu H. Nguyen;Dylan Smith;Kabir Peay;Peter G Kennedy

  • Phylogenetic relatedness predicts priority effects in nectar yeast communities

    Kabir G. Peay;Melinda Belisle;Tadashi Fukami

  • Root tip competition among ectomycorrhizal fungi: Are priority effects a rule or an exception?

    Peter G. Kennedy;Kabir G. Peay;Thomas D. Bruns

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

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

  • Independent roles of ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic communities in soil organic matter decomposition

    Jennifer M. Talbot;Thomas D. Bruns;Dylan P. Smith;Sara Branco

  • Spore dispersal of basidiomycete fungi at the landscape scale is driven by stochastic and deterministic processes and generates variability in plant-fungal interactions.

    Kabir G. Peay;Thomas D. Bruns

  • Local‐scale biogeography and spatiotemporal variability in communities of mycorrhizal fungi

    Mohammad Bahram;Kabir G. Peay;Leho Tedersoo

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas D. Bruns
Thomas D. Bruns University of California, Berkeley
Peter G. Kennedy
Peter G. Kennedy University of Minnesota
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
John W. Taylor
John W. Taylor University of California, Berkeley
Rytas Vilgalys
Rytas Vilgalys Duke University
Tadashi Fukami
Tadashi Fukami Stanford University
Matthew E. Smith
Matthew E. Smith University of Florida
Urmas Kõljalg
Urmas Kõljalg University of Tartu
Matteo Garbelotto
Matteo Garbelotto University of California, Berkeley
Andy F. S. Taylor
Andy F. S. Taylor University of Aberdeen

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