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2025
Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Ovaskainen, O., Abrego N. (2025) Urbanization alters fungal composition in boreal ecosystem by favouring large-spore fungi pathogenic fungi. Functional Ecology (accepted, forthcoming).
Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Boddy L., Fricker, M. D. (2025) Testing the extreme plastic mycelium hypothesis: Does grazing induce developmental plasticity in saprotrophic fungi? bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.14.632904
Frew, A., Zheng, Y., Wang, Z., Fu, Y., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A. (2025) Causal determinism by plant host identity in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community assembly. Functional Ecology 39(2): 390–402. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14715
Antunes, P. M., Stürmer, S. L., Bever, J. D., Chagnon, P-L., Chaudhary, V. B., Deveautour, C., Fahey, C., Kokkoris, V., Lekberg, Y., Powell, J. R., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A. & Zhang, H. (2025) Enhancing consistency in arbuscular mycorrhizal trait-based research to improve predictions of function. Mycorrhiza 35(14). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-025-01187-7
Limbu, S. P., Stürmer, S. L., Zahn, G., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Rogers, N., Chaudhary, V. B. (2025) Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.12.641256 (submitted to PNAS)
2024
Fricker, M., Breeze, E., Pain, C., Kriechbaumer, V., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Ugalde, J. M., & Meyer A. J. (2024). Quantitation of ER morphology and dynamics. Methods in Molecular Biology 2772: 49–75. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3710-4_5
Frew, A., Powell, J. R., Heuck, M. K., Albornoz, F. E., Birnbaum, C., Dearnaley, J. D. W., Egidi, E., Finn, L., Kath, J., Koorem, K., Oja, J., Öpik, M., Vahter, T., Vasar, M., Watts-Williams, S., Zheng, Y., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A. (2024) AusAMF: database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in Australia. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.16.612857
Frew, A., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A. (2024) Increasing phylogenetic clustering of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in roots explains enhanced plant growth and phosphorus uptake. Microbial Ecology 87(139). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-024-02457-1
Camenzind, T., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Heuck, M. K., Maerowitz-McMahan, S., Rillig, M. C., Cornwell, W. K., Powell, J. R. (2024) Progressing beyond colonization strategies to understand arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal life history. New Phytologist 244(3): 752–759. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20090
Bielčik, M., Schlägel, U. E., Schäfer, M., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Lakovic, M., Sosa-Hernández, M. A., Hammer, E. C., Jeltsch, F., Rillig, M. C. (2024) Aligning spatial ecological theory with the study of clonal organisms: The case of fungal coexistence. Biological Reviews 99(6): 2211–2233. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13119
Abrego, N., Furneaux, B., Hardwick, B….Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A.…Ovaskainen, O. (2024) Airborne DNA reveals predictable spatial and seasonal dynamics of fungi. Nature 631, 835–842. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07658-9
Camenzind, T., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Hempel, S. et al. (2024) Towards establishing a fungal economics spectrum in soil saprobic fungi. Nature Communications 15, 3321. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47705-7
Frew, A., Weinberger, N., Powell, J., Watts-Williams, S.J., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A. (2024) Community Assembly of Root-Colonizing Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Beyond Carbon and Into Defence? ISME Journal 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrae007
Frew, A., Öpik, M., Oja, J., Vahter, T., Hiiesalu, I., Aguilar‐Trigueros, C. A. (2024) Herbivory-Driven Shifts In Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Community Assembly: Increased Fungal Competition and Plant Phosphorous Benefits. New Phytologist 241(5), 1891–1899. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19474
Fricker, M., Breeze, E., Pain, C., Kriechbaumer, V., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Ugalde, J. M., Meyer, A. J. (2024) Quantitation of ER Morphology and Dynamics. In Kriechbaumer, V. (eds.) The Plant Endoplasmic Reticulum. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 2772. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3710-4_5
Camenzind, T., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A.,Hempel, S., Lehmann, A., Bielcik, M., Andrade-Linares, D., Bergmann, J., dela Cruz, J., Gawronski, J., Golubeva, P., Haslwimmer, H., Lartey, L., Leifheit, E., Maaß, S., Marhan, S., Pinek, L., Powell, J., Roy, J., Veresoglou, S.,…Rillig, M. (2024). Towards establishing a fungal economics spectrum in soil saprobic fungi. Nature Communications 15, Article 3321. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47705-7
2023
Synodinos, A. D., Karnatak, R., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Gras, P., Heger, T., Ionescu, D., Maaß, S., Musseau, C. L., Onandia, G.... (2023). The rate of environmental change as an important driver across scales in ecology. OIKOS, 4: e09616. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09616
Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Krah, F-Z, Cornwell, W. K., Zanne, A. E., Abrego, N., Anderson, I. C., Andrew, C. J., Baldrian, P., Bässler, C., Bissett, A.... (2023). Symbiotic status alters fungal eco-evolutionary offspring trajectories. Ecology Letters, 26(9): 1523-1534. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14271
Frew, A., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A. (2023). Australia offers unique insight into the ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: An opportunity not to be lost. Austral Ecology 48(8): 1713-1720. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13451
Frew, A., Heuck, M. K., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A. (2023). Host filtering, not competitive exclusion, may be the main driver of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community assembly under high phosphorus. Functional Ecology, 37(7): 1856-1869. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14349
Zhang, H-Y, Bissett, A., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Liu, H-W, Powell, J. R. (2023). Fungal genome size and composition reflect ecological strategies along soil fertility gradients. Ecology Letters, 26(7): 1108-1118. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14224
2022
Camenzind, T., Weimershaus, P., Lehmann, A., Aguilar‐Trigueros, C. A., Rillig, Matthias C. (2022). Soil fungi invest into asexual sporulation under resource scarcity, but trait spaces of individual isolates are unique. Environmental Microbiology, 24(7), 2962-2978. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16012
Lozano, Y. M., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Ospina, J. M. and Rillig, M. C. (2022). Drought legacy effects on root morphological traits and plant biomass via soil biota feedback. New Phytologist, 236: 222-234. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18327
Camenzind, T., Weimershaus, P., Lehmann, A., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Rillig, M. C. (2022). Soil fungi invest into asexual sporulation under resource scarcity, but trait spaces of individual isolates are unique. Environmental Microbiology, 24(7), 2962-2978. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16012
Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Boddy, L., Rillig, M. C. et al. (2022). Network traits predict ecological strategies in fungi. ISME, 2(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-021-00085-1
Chaudhary V. B., Aguilar-Trigueros C. A., Mansour I., Rillig M. C. (2022). Fungal Dispersal Across Spatial Scales. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 53(1). https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-012622-021604
2021
Heger, T., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Bartram, I., Braga, R. R., Dietl, G. P., Enders, E., Gibson, D. J., Gómez-Aparicio, L., Gras, P., Jax, K., Lokatis, S., Lortie, C. J., Mupepele, A. C., Schindler, S., Starrfelt, J., Synodinos, A. D., Jeschke, J. M. (2021). The Hierarchy-of-Hypotheses Approach: A Synthesis Method for Enhancing Theory Development in Ecology and Evolution, BioScience, 71(4): 337–349. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa130
Lozano, Y. M., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Roy, J., Rillig, M. C. (2021). Drought induces shifts in soil fungal communities that can be linked to root traits across 24 plant species. New Phytologist, 232: 1917-1929. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17707
Lozano, Y. M., Aguilar‐Trigueros, C. A., Onandia, G., Maaß, S., Zhao, T., Rillig, M. C. (2021). Effects of microplastics and drought on soil ecosystem functions and multifunctionality. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(5): 988-996. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13839
2020
Lozano, Y. M., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Flaig, I. C., Rillig, M. C. (2020). Root trait responses to drought are more heterogeneous than leaf trait responses. Functional Ecology, 34(11): 2224– 2235. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13656
Zanne, A. E., Abarenkov, K., Afkhami, M. E., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Bates, S., Bhatnagar, J. M.,...Flores‐Moreno, H. (2020) Fungal functional ecology: bringing a trait‐based approach to plant‐associated fungi. Biological Reviews, 95(2): 409-433. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12570
Rillig, M. C., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Anderson, I. C., Antonovics, J., Ballhausen, M. B., Bergmann, J.,...Hempel, S. (2020). Myristate and the ecology of AM fungi: Significance, opportunities, applications and challenges. New Phytologist, 227(6): 1610-1614. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16527
2019
Bielčik, M., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Lakovic, M., Jeltsch, F., Rillig, M. C. (2019). The role of active movement in fungal ecology and community assembly. Movement Ecology, 7(36). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-019-0180-6
Rillig, M. C., Ryo, M., Lehmann, A., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Buchert, S., Wulf, A.,...Yang, G. (2019). The role of multiple global change factors in driving soil functions and microbial biodiversity. Science, 366(6467): 886-890. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aay2832
Ryo, M., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Pinek, L., Muller, L. A., Rillig, M. C. (2019). Basic principles of temporal dynamics. Trends in ecology & evolution, 34(8): 723-733. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.03.007
Rillig, M. C., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Camenzind, T., Cavagnaro, T. R., Degrune, F., Hohmann, P.,...Yang, G. (2019). Why farmers should manage the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. New Phytologist, 222(3): 1171-1175. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15602
Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Hempel, S., Powell, J. R., Cornwell, W. K., Rillig, M. C. (2019). Bridging reproductive and microbial ecology: A case study in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. The ISME Journal, 13(4): 873-884. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0314-7
2017
Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A.; Rillig, M. C., Ballhausen, M-B. (2017). Environmental Filtering Is a Relic: A Response to Cadotte and Tucker. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 32(12): 882-884. https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/abstract/S0169-5347(17)30256-2
Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A.; Rillig, M. C.; Crowther, T. W. (2017). Applying allometric theory to fungi. The ISME Journal, 11(10): 2175-2180. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2017.86
2016
Rillig, M. C., Lehmann, A., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Antonovics, J., Caruso, T., Hempel, S., Lehmann, J., Valyi, K., Verbruggen, E., Veresoglou, S. D. (2016). Soil microbes and community coalescence. Pedobiologia, 59(1): 37-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2016.01.001
Rillig, M. C., Sosa-Hernández, M. A., Roy, J., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Vályi, K., Lehmann, A. (2016) Towards an integrated mycorrhizal technology: harnessing mycorrhiza for sustainable intensification in agriculture. Frontiers in plant science, 7:16-25. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.01625
Aguilar‐Trigueros, C. A., Rillig, M. C. (2016) Effect of different root endophytic fungi on plant community structure in experimental microcosms. Ecology and evolution, 6(22): 8149-8158. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2416
2015
Rillig, M.C., Aguilar‐Trigueros, C. A., Bergmann, J., Verbruggen, E., Veresoglou, S. D., Lehmann, A. (2015) Plant root and mycorrhizal fungal traits for understanding soil aggregation. New Phytologist, 205(4): 1385-1388. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13045
Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Hempel, S., Powell, J. R., Anderson, I. C., Antonovics, J., Bergmann, J., Cavagnaro, T. R., Chen, B., Hart, M. M., Klironomos, J. (2015). Branching out: towards a trait-based understanding of fungal ecology. Fungal Biology Reviews, 29(1): 34-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbr.2015.03.001
Veresoglou, S. D., Aguilar‐Trigueros, C. A., Rillig, M. C. (2015). Self‐DNA: A blessing in disguise? New Phytologist, 207(3): 488-490. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13425
2014
Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Powell, J. R., Anderson, I. C., Antonovics, J., Rillig, M. C. (2014). Ecological understanding of root-infecting fungi using trait-based approaches. Trends in plant science, 19(7): 432-438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2014.02.006
Non-refereed scientific articles
Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A. (2016). The questions that opened doors. Science, 353(6295): 190-190. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.353.6295.190
Aguilar-Trigueros C. A., Lozano Y. (2019). Zunehmende Trockenperioden: Hilfe kommt aus dem Boden. In: Vielvalt in der Uckermark.
This was a bulletin given local stakeholders in north Brandenburg (Germany) on the research activities taking place in that region. Our contribution, in English is “Increasing droughts: Help comes from the soils.”