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Stavros D. Veresoglou

Stavros D. Veresoglou

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
6411
World Ranking
7300
National Ranking
378

Overview

Stavros D. Veresoglou is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences with a focus on Environmental Science. Their scholarly work often addresses subfields such as Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, and Soil Science.

The core topics explored by Veresoglou include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, and Fungal Biology and Applications.

Veresoglou's recent publications include:

  • Evolutionary bet-hedging in arbuscular mycorrhiza-associating angiosperms, 2021, New Phytologist
  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal root colonization depends on the spatial distribution of the host plants, 2022, Mycorrhiza
  • Ozone affects plant, insect, and soil microbial communities: A threat to terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity, 2020, Science Advances
  • Organic phosphorus availability shapes the diversity of phoD-harboring bacteria in agricultural soil, 2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Soil biodiversity enhances the persistence of legumes under climate change, 2020, New Phytologist

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Veresoglou include:

  • Matthias C. Rillig
  • Magkdi Mola
  • Guolin C. Li
  • Junjiang Chen
  • Leonie Grünfeld

Their work is frequently published in venues such as New Phytologist, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Mycorrhiza, Ecology Letters, and Molecular Ecology.

Best Publications

  • Plant root and mycorrhizal fungal traits for understanding soil aggregation.

    Matthias C. Rillig;Carlos A. Aguilar‐Trigueros;Joana Bergmann;Erik Verbruggen

  • Arbuscular mycorrhiza and soil nitrogen cycling

    Stavros D. Veresoglou;Baodong Chen;Matthias C. Rillig

  • Multiple factors influence the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soil aggregation—a meta-analysis

    Eva F. Leifheit;Stavros D. Veresoglou;Anika Lehmann;E. Kathryn Morris;E. Kathryn Morris

  • Interchange of entire communities: microbial community coalescence.

    Matthias C. Rillig;Janis Antonovics;Tancredi Caruso;Anika Lehmann

  • Ozone affects plant, insect, and soil microbial communities: A threat to terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity

    Evgenios Agathokleous;Zhaozhong Feng;Elina Oksanen;Pierre Sicard

  • Plant diversity represents the prevalent determinant of soil fungal community structure across temperate grasslands in northern China

    Yong-Liang Chen;Tian-Le Xu;Stavros D. Veresoglou;Hang-Wei Hu;Hang-Wei Hu

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal influence on zinc nutrition in crop plants – A meta-analysis

    Anika Lehmann;Stavros D. Veresoglou;Eva F. Leifheit;Matthias C. Rillig

  • Suppression of fungal and nematode plant pathogens through arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Stavros D. Veresoglou;Matthias C. Rillig

  • Fertilization affects severity of disease caused by fungal plant pathogens

    S. D. Veresoglou;E. K. Barto;E. K. Barto;G. Menexes;M. C. Rillig

  • Land use influences arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in the farming–pastoral ecotone of northern China

    Dan Xiang;Dan Xiang;Erik Verbruggen;Yajun Hu;Stavros D. Veresoglou

  • Extinction risk of soil biota

    Stavros D. Veresoglou;John M. Halley;Matthias C. Rillig

  • How Soil Biota Drive Ecosystem Stability

    Gaowen Yang;Gaowen Yang;Cameron Wagg;Cameron Wagg;Stavros D. Veresoglou;Stefan Hempel

  • Soil organic carbon and soil structure are driving microbial abundance and community composition across the arid and semi-arid grasslands in northern China

    Yajun Hu;Dan Xiang;Stavros D. Veresoglou;Falin Chen

  • Do arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi affect the allometric partition of host plant biomass to shoots and roots? A meta-analysis of studies from 1990 to 2010

    Stavros D. Veresoglou;George Menexes;Matthias C. Rillig

  • Foliar elemental composition of European forest tree species associated with evolutionary traits and present environmental and competitive conditions

    Jordi Sardans;Ivan A. Janssens;Rocio Alonso;Stavros D. Veresoglou

  • Branching out: Towards a trait-based understanding of fungal ecology

    Carlos A. Aguilar-Trigueros;Stefan Hempel;Jeff R. Powell;Ian C. Anderson

  • Nitrogen deposition and precipitation induced phylogenetic clustering of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

    Yong-Liang Chen;Zhu-Wen Xu;Tian-Le Xu;Stavros D. Veresoglou

  • Plant species identity and arbuscular mycorrhizal status modulate potential nitrification rates in nitrogen-limited grassland soils

    Stavros D. Veresoglou;Stavros D. Veresoglou;Robin Sen;Andreas P. Mamolos;Demetrios S. Veresoglou

  • Determinants of root-associated fungal communities within Asteraceae in a semi-arid grassland

    Jeannine Wehner;Jeff R. Powell;Ludo A. H. Muller;Tancredi Caruso

  • Contrasting latitudinal diversity and co-occurrence patterns of soil fungi and plants in forest ecosystems

    Yajun Hu;Stavros D. Veresoglou;Leho Tedersoo;Tianle Xu

  • Do closely related plants host similar arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities? A meta-analysis

    Stavros D. Veresoglou;Matthias C. Rillig

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias C. Rillig
Matthias C. Rillig Freie Universität Berlin
Baodong Chen
Baodong Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Stefan Hempel
Stefan Hempel Freie Universität Berlin
Tancredi Caruso
Tancredi Caruso Queen's University Belfast
Erik Verbruggen
Erik Verbruggen University of Antwerp
Janis Antonovics
Janis Antonovics University of Virginia
Robin Sen
Robin Sen Manchester Metropolitan University
Anika Lehmann
Anika Lehmann Freie Universität Berlin
Jeff R. Powell
Jeff R. Powell Western Sydney University
Ian C. Anderson
Ian C. Anderson Western Sydney University

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