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Pedro M. Antunes

Pedro M. Antunes

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
36
Citations
5229
World Ranking
4868
National Ranking
205

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
36
Citations
5141
World Ranking
7127
National Ranking
446

Overview

Pedro M. Antunes is affiliated with Algoma University in Canada. Their research primarily spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with additional work in Environmental Science.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including:

  • Plant Science
  • Insect Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Pharmacology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Main research topics of Pedro M. Antunes include:

  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Fungal Biology and Applications
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

The scientist has published multiple papers in frequent collaboration with peers such as Catherine Fahey, Akihiro Koyama, Kari E. Dunfield, Cynthia M. Kallenbach, and Caitlyn C. A. Horsch.

Pedro M. Antunes frequently publishes in venues that include:

  • New Phytologist
  • Functional Ecology
  • Mycorrhiza
  • Pedobiologia
  • Plant and Soil

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Pedro M. Antunes are:

  • Plant communities mediate the interactive effects of invasion and drought on soil microbial communities, 2020, The ISME Journal
  • Plant herbivore protection by arbuscular mycorrhizas: a role for fungal diversity?, 2021, New Phytologist
  • Trait-based assembly of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities determines soil carbon formation and retention, 2023, New Phytologist
  • Codependency between plant and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities: what is the evidence?, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities with contrasting life-history traits influence host nutrient acquisition, 2023, Mycorrhiza

Best Publications

  • Material derived from hydrothermal carbonization: Effects on plant growth and arbuscular mycorrhiza

    Matthias C. Rillig;Marcel Wagner;Mohamed Salem;Pedro M. Antunes

  • Plant pathogen protection by arbuscular mycorrhizas: a role for fungal diversity?

    Jeannine Wehner;Pedro M. Antunes;Jeff R. Powell;Jana Mazukatow

  • Fungal inoculants in the field: Is the reward greater than the risk?

    Miranda M. Hart;Pedro M. Antunes;Veer Bala Chaudhary;Lynette K. Abbott

  • Mycelium of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increases soil water repellency and is sufficient to maintain water-stable soil aggregates

    Matthias C. Rillig;Noor F. Mardatin;Noor F. Mardatin;Eva F. Leifheit;Pedro M. Antunes;Pedro M. Antunes

  • Home-field advantage? evidence of local adaptation among plants, soil, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi through meta-analysis

    Megan A. Rua;Megan A. Rua;Anita Antoninka;Pedro M. Antunes;V. Bala Chaudhary

  • Accounting for soil biotic effects on soil health and crop productivity in the design of crop rotations.

    Teresa Dias;Angela Dukes;Pedro M Antunes

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

    Mensah Ja;Koch Am;Antunes Pm;Kiers Et

  • More bang for the buck? Can arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities be characterized adequately alongside other fungi using general fungal primers?

    Ylva Lekberg;Martti Vasar;Lorinda S. Bullington;Siim-Kaarel Sepp

  • Evolutionary asymmetry in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis: conservatism in fungal morphology does not predict host plant growth.

    Alexander M. Koch;Pedro M. Antunes;Hafiz Maherali;Miranda M. Hart

  • Evidence for functional divergence in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from contrasting climatic origins

    Pedro M. Antunes;Pedro M. Antunes;Pedro M. Antunes;Alexander M. Koch;Alexander M. Koch;Joseph B. Morton;Matthias C. Rillig

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi pre-inoculant identity determines community composition in roots

    Daniel L. Mummey;Pedro M. Antunes;Matthias C. Rillig

  • Even after death the endophytic fungus of Schedonorus phoenix reduces the arbuscular mycorrhizas of other plants

    P. M. Antunes;J. Miller;L. M. Carvalho;J. N. Klironomos

  • Plant communities mediate the interactive effects of invasion and drought on soil microbial communities.

    Catherine Fahey;Akihiro Koyama;Pedro M. Antunes;Kari Dunfield

  • Influence of commercial inoculation with Glomus intraradices on the structure and functioning of an AM fungal community from an agricultural site

    Pedro M. Antunes;Pedro M. Antunes;Alexander M. Koch;Kari E. Dunfield;Miranda M. Hart

  • Differences in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities associated with sugar maple seedlings in and outside of invaded garlic mustard forest patches

    E. Kathryn Barto;E. Kathryn Barto;Pedro M. Antunes;Kristina Stinson;Alexander M. Koch

  • Priorities for research in soil ecology

    Nico Eisenhauer;Pedro M Antunes;Alison E Bennett;Klaus Birkhofer

  • The effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Fungal and Garlic Mustard Introductions on native AM Fungal Diversity

    Alexander M. Koch;Alexander M. Koch;Pedro M. Antunes;Pedro M. Antunes;E. Kathryn Barto;E. Kathryn Barto;Don Cipollini

  • Mycorrhiza: State of the Art, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Eco-Function, Biotechnology, Eco-Physiology, Structure and Systematics

    Isabel Brito( ü);Michael J. Goss;Mário de Carvalho;Diederik van Tuinen

  • Long‐term effects of soil nutrient deficiency on arbuscular mycorrhizal communities

    Pedro M. Antunes;Pedro M. Antunes;Anika Lehmann;Miranda M. Hart;Michael Baumecker

  • Separating the effect of crop from herbicide on soil microbial communities in glyphosate-resistant corn

    Miranda M. Hart;Jeff R. Powell;Robert H. Gulden;Kari E. Dunfield

  • The influence of tillage on the structure of rhizosphere and root-associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

    José M. Mirás-Avalos;Pedro M. Antunes;Alexander Koch;Kamini Khosla

Frequent Co-Authors

John N. Klironomos
John N. Klironomos American University of Sharjah
Matthias C. Rillig
Matthias C. Rillig Freie Universität Berlin
Miranda M. Hart
Miranda M. Hart University of British Columbia
Kari E. Dunfield
Kari E. Dunfield University of Guelph
Michael J. Goss
Michael J. Goss University of Guelph
Jeff R. Powell
Jeff R. Powell Western Sydney University
Catherine A. Gehring
Catherine A. Gehring Northern Arizona University
Don Cipollini
Don Cipollini Wright State University
Robert H. Gulden
Robert H. Gulden University of Manitoba
K. Peter Pauls
K. Peter Pauls University of Guelph

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