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Research
Latest papers
Consistent predictors of microbial community composition across spatial scales in grasslands reveal low context-dependency.
Molecular ecology · 2023
Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
The New phytologist · 2021
Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to precipitation extremes: A synthesis of grassland precipitation manipulation experiments.
Global change biology · 2017
Latest funding
- $45,182
Ultra Low Temperature Freezers for Multiscale Plant Eco-Evo-Devo
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $135,917
Spread and impacts of non-native Caragana arborescens, an emergent invasive shrub in the prairie region
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $191,420
Optimizing plant interactions with mycorrhizal fungi to improve forage productivity and stress tolerance
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
5 publications.
Consistent predictors of microbial community composition across spatial scales in grasslands reveal low context-dependency.
Radujković D, Vicca S, van Rooyen M, Wilfahrt P, Brown L, Jentsch A, Reinhart KO, Brown C, De Gruyter J, Jurasinski G, Askarizadeh D, Bartha S, Beck R, Blenkinsopp T, Cahill J, Campetella G, Canullo R, Chelli S, Enrico L, Fraser L, Hao X, Henry HAL, Hohn M, Jouri MH, Koch M, Lawrence Lodge R, Li FY, Lord JM, Milligan P, Minggagud H, Palmer T, Schröder B, Szabó G, Zhang T, Zimmermann Z, Verbruggen E
Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
Davison J, Moora M, Semchenko M, Adenan SB, Ahmed T, Akhmetzhanova AA, Alatalo JM, Al-Quraishy S, Andriyanova E, Anslan S, Bahram M, Batbaatar A, Brown C, Bueno CG, Cahill J, Cantero JJ, Casper BB, Cherosov M, Chideh S, Coelho AP, Coghill M, Decocq G, Dudov S, Fabiano EC, Fedosov VE, Fraser L, Glassman SI, Helm A, Henry HAL, Hérault B, Hiiesalu I, Hiiesalu I, Hozzein WN, Kohout P, Kõljalg U, Koorem K, Laanisto L, Mander Ü, Mucina L, Munyampundu JP, Neuenkamp L, Niinemets Ü, Nyamukondiwa C, Oja J, Onipchenko V, Pärtel M, Phosri C, Põlme S, Püssa K, Ronk A, Saitta A, Semboli O, Sepp SK, Seregin A, Sudheer S, Peña-Venegas CP, Paz C, Vahter T, Vasar M, Veraart AJ, Tedersoo L, Zobel M, Öpik M
Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to precipitation extremes: A synthesis of grassland precipitation manipulation experiments.
Wilcox KR, Shi Z, Gherardi LA, Lemoine NP, Koerner SE, Hoover DL, Bork E, Byrne KM, Cahill J, Collins SL, Evans S, Gilgen AK, Holub P, Jiang L, Knapp AK, LeCain D, Liang J, Garcia-Palacios P, Peñuelas J, Pockman WT, Smith MD, Sun S, White SR, Yahdjian L, Zhu K, Luo Y
Response to Comment on "Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness".
Pither J, Fraser LH, Jentsch A, Sternberg M, Zobel M, Cahill J, Beierkuhnlein C, Bartha S, Bennett JA, Boldgiv B, Brown LR, Cabido M, Campetella G, Carlyle CN, Chelli S, Csergő AM, Diaz S, Enrico L, Ensing D, Fidelis A, Garris HW, Henry HA, Höhn M, Klironomos J, Koorem K, Lawrence-Lodge R, Manning P, Mitchell RJ, Moora M, Pillar VD, Stotz GC, Sugiyama S, Szentes S, Tungalag R, Undrakhbold S, Wellstein C, Zupo T
Plant ecology. Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness.
Fraser LH, Pither J, Jentsch A, Sternberg M, Zobel M, Askarizadeh D, Bartha S, Beierkuhnlein C, Bennett JA, Bittel A, Boldgiv B, Boldrini II, Bork E, Brown L, Cabido M, Cahill J, Carlyle CN, Campetella G, Chelli S, Cohen O, Csergo AM, Díaz S, Enrico L, Ensing D, Fidelis A, Fridley JD, Foster B, Garris H, Goheen JR, Henry HA, Hohn M, Jouri MH, Klironomos J, Koorem K, Lawrence-Lodge R, Long R, Manning P, Mitchell R, Moora M, Müller SC, Nabinger C, Naseri K, Overbeck GE, Palmer TM, Parsons S, Pesek M, Pillar VD, Pringle RM, Roccaforte K, Schmidt A, Shang Z, Stahlmann R, Stotz GC, Sugiyama S, Szentes S, Thompson D, Tungalag R, Undrakhbold S, van Rooyen M, Wellstein C, Wilson JB, Zupo T
Ultra Low Temperature Freezers for Multiscale Plant Eco-Evo-Devo
Principal investigators: Scarpella, Enrico
Keywords: omics; gene cloning and plant transformation; mutants and transgenics; cell axes and polarities; flower development and evolution; biodiversity and climate change; algae; grasses; arabidopsis; spider-flower plant
Spread and impacts of non-native Caragana arborescens, an emergent invasive shrub in the prairie region
Principal investigators: Wagner, Viktoria V
Keywords: biological invasions; ecosystem functioning; ecosystem transformation; invasive species management; naturalization; prairie provinces; shelterbelt program
Optimizing plant interactions with mycorrhizal fungi to improve forage productivity and stress tolerance
Principal investigators: Bennett, Jonathan JA
Keywords: beneficial microbes; biofertilizers; forage production; mycorrhizal fungi; plant breeding; plant-soil feedbacks; plant-soil interactions; plant stress tolerance
Reframing plant competition: Understanding how plant social interactions affect community assembly and the delivery of ecological goods and services
Principal investigators: Cahill, James
Keywords: biodiversity; chemical ecology; community ecology; functional ecology; molecular ecology; plant behavioural ecology; plant biology; plant competition; root ecology; trait-function relationships
Plant and soil analytical sample preparation system
Principal investigators: Cahill, James
Using the functional traits of soil fungi to improve post-disturbance pine regeneration
Principal investigators: Erbilgin, Nadir
The ecology of plant interactions: Integrating plant behavior, traits, and community assembly
Principal investigators: Cahill, James
The ecology of plant interactions: Integrating plant behavior, traits, and community assembly
Principal investigators: Cahill, James
A thermal cycler for use in plant ecological research
Principal investigators: Cahill, James
Upgraded gas exchange system to support research in plant ecology
Principal investigators: Hik, David
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Jason Pither and John Klironomos: 3 shared papers
- Lauchlan Fraser and James Cahill: 2 shared papers
- Jason Pither and James Cahill: 2 shared papers
- James Cahill and John Klironomos: 2 shared papers
- Okanagan - Biology
- Biological Sciences
- Natural Resource Sciences
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