The Fungal Community

Part 1 Fungal ecology and ecological theory - non-equilibrium themes for ecological theory - implications for fungal communities; the ties that bind - fungi in ecosystems. Part 2 Fungal populations, environmental parameters, and the niche concept - the niche at the organismal level - lichen photosynthetic responses; anaerobic fungi and the rumen ecosystem; fitness of genetically altered fungi. Part 3 The organization of fungal populations and communities - fungal life-history strategies; dispersal of fungal diaspores; the growth and regulation of pathogenic fungal populations; diversity within populations of fungal pathogens on perennial parts of perennial plants; analysis of fungal population structure using molecular techniques; multivariate analysis in fungal ecology. Part 4 Special interactions in fungal communities - introduction to the theory of species interactions; exploitation competition; interference competition; mycoparasitism of soilborne plant pathogens; fungi, fungivores, and fungal food webs; lignolytic and cellulolytic fungi as predators and parasites; fungal mutualism. Part 5 Fungal community development - patterns of phenology in populations of zoosporic fungi; mechanisms in fungal succession; response of soil fungal communities to disturbance; experimental disturbances and epigeous fungi. Part 6 Fungal influences on plant community dynamics - mycorrhizae and plant community development - mechanisms and patterns; fungal pathogens and the structure of plant populations and communities; plant pathogens and long-term ecosystem changes. Part 7 Fungal biomass and productivity in ecosystems - estimating fungal biomass and productivity in decomposing litter; sporocarp production by basidiomycetes, with emphasis on forest ecosystems; epiphytic lichen biomass. Part 8 Fungi in nutrient cycling - the impact of fungi on environment biogeochemistry; the functional groups of microfungi in decomposition; the mycorrhizal fungal community with special reference to nutrient mobilization; the role of fungi in litter decomposition and nutrient cycling; interactions between invertebrates and fungi - effects on nutrient availability; modeling the contributions of decomposer fungi in nutrient cycling. Part 9 Mycological systems for examining ecological ideas - the coprophilous fungal community - an experimental system; aquatic hyphomycete communities; development and function of fungal communities in decomposing wood. Part contents.