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Ylva Lekberg publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ylva Lekberg sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 86 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Ylva Lekberg D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ylva Lekberg sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ylva Lekberg is affiliated with the University of Montana in the United States and has a research profile focused primarily on agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. Their academic work covers various subfields including plant science, nature and landscape conservation, soil science, ecology, and the broader domain of ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their research interests are reflected in a concentration on topics such as mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant and animal studies, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, plant parasitism and resistance, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, and plant pathogens and fungal diseases.

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Lekberg include:

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization consistently favor pathogenic over mutualistic fungi in grassland soils, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Invasive plant-derived dissolved organic matter alters microbial communities and carbon cycling in soils, 2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Environmental heterogeneity modulates the effect of plant diversity on the spatial variability of grassland biomass, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Codependency between plant and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities: what is the evidence?, 2020, New Phytologist

Lekberg frequently publishes in journals such as New Phytologist, Nature Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), and Soil Biology and Biochemistry, with New Phytologist being the most frequent venue for their publications.

The scientist collaborates regularly with several peers, including Lorinda Bullington, Mary Ellyn DuPre, Elizabeth T. Borer, Eric W. Seabloom, and Anna Sala. These collaborations highlight a network of coauthors engaged in related environmental and biological research themes.

Best Publications

  • Plant-soil feedbacks and mycorrhizal type influence temperate forest population dynamics

    Jonathan A. Bennett;Hafiz Maherali;Kurt O. Reinhart;Ylva Lekberg

  • Is plant performance limited by abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi? A meta-analysis of studies published between 1988 and 2003

    Y. Lekberg;R. T. Koide

  • Role of niche restrictions and dispersal in the composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

    Ylva Lekberg;Roger T. Koide;Jason R. Rohr;Laura Aldrich-Wolfe

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization consistently favor pathogenic over mutualistic fungi in grassland soils

    Ylva Lekberg;Carlos A. Arnillas;Elizabeth T. Borer;Lorinda S. Bullington

  • Relative importance of competition and plant–soil feedback, their synergy, context dependency and implications for coexistence

    Ylva Lekberg;James D. Bever;Rebecca A. Bunn;Ragan M. Callaway

  • Severe plant invasions can increase mycorrhizal fungal abundance and diversity

    Ylva Lekberg;Sean M Gibbons;Søren Rosendahl;Philip W Ramsey

  • Do native and invasive plants differ in their interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi? A meta‐analysis

    Rebecca A. Bunn;Philip W. Ramsey;Ylva Lekberg

  • Interactions among nitrogen fixation and soil phosphorus acquisition strategies in lowland tropical rain forests.

    Megan K. Nasto;Silvia Alvarez‐Clare;Ylva Lekberg;Benjamin W. Sullivan;Benjamin W. Sullivan

  • 454-sequencing reveals stochastic local reassembly and high disturbance tolerance within arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

    Ylva Lekberg;Tim Krone Schnoor;Rasmus Kjoller;Sean M. Gibbons

  • Mechanical soil disturbance as a determinant of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in semi-natural grassland

    Tim Krone Schnoor;Ylva Lekberg;Søren Rosendahl;Pål Axel Olsson

  • 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

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ameliorate temperature stress in thermophilic plants

    Rebecca Bunn;Ylva Lekberg;Catherine Zabinski

  • Navigating the labyrinth: a guide to sequence-based, community ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Miranda M. Hart;Kristin Aleklett;Pierre-Luc Chagnon;Cameron Egan

  • The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate

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  • Plants as resource islands and storage units - adopting the mycocentric view of arbuscular mycorrhizal networks

    Ylva Lekberg;Edith Caroline Hammer;Pål Axel Olsson

  • Evidence of species interactions within an ectomycorrhizal fungal community

    Roger T. Koide;Bing Xu;Jori Sharda;Ylva Lekberg

  • Invasive Plants Rapidly Reshape Soil Properties in a Grassland Ecosystem

    Sean M. Gibbons;Ylva Lekberg;Daniel L. Mummey;Naseer Sangwan

  • Revisiting the 'direct mineral cycling' hypothesis: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonize leaf litter, but why?

    Rebecca A. Bunn;Dylan T. Simpson;Lorinda S. Bullington;Ylva Lekberg

  • Exotic invasive plants increase productivity, abundance of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and nitrogen availability in intermountain grasslands

    Morgan Luce McLeod;Cory C. Cleveland;Ylva Lekberg;John L. Maron

  • Molecular community analysis of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in roots of geothermal soils in Yellowstone National Park (USA).

    Susann Appoloni;Ylva Lekberg;Ylva Lekberg;Michael T. Tercek;Catherine A. Zabinski

  • Importance of dispersal and thermal environment for mycorrhizal communities: lessons from Yellowstone National Park.

    Ylva Lekberg;James Meadow;Jason R. Rohr;Dirk Redecker

Frequent Co-Authors

Søren Rosendahl
Søren Rosendahl University of Copenhagen
Cory C. Cleveland
Cory C. Cleveland University of Montana
John L. Maron
John L. Maron University of Montana
Roger T. Koide
Roger T. Koide Brigham Young University
Miranda M. Hart
Miranda M. Hart University of British Columbia
John N. Klironomos
John N. Klironomos American University of Sharjah
Sean M. Gibbons
Sean M. Gibbons University of Washington
Anna Sala
Anna Sala University of Montana
Matthias C. Rillig
Matthias C. Rillig Freie Universität Berlin
Pål Axel Olsson
Pål Axel Olsson Lund University

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