I summarize current knowledge about the ecosystem functions of wood decomposition in
forests with a particular focus on the effects of fungal wood decay types (traditionally …

Several decades of research across disciplines have overturned historical perspectives of
symbioses dominated by binary characterizations of highly specific species–species …

The consumption of fungi by animals is a significant trophic interaction in most terrestrial
ecosystems, yet the role mammals play in these associations has been incompletely …

The phylogenetic position of several clitocyboid/pleurotoid/tricholomatoid genera previously
consideredincertae sedis is here resolved using an updated 6-gene dataset of Agaricales …

Sporocarps (fruit bodies) are the sexual reproductive stage in the life cycle of many fungi.
They are highly nutritious and consequently vulnerable to grazing by birds and small …

Dispersal is a key process that impacts population dynamics and structures biotic
communities. Dispersal limitation influences the assembly of plant and microbial …

Many tree-dwelling species inhabit microhabitats that develop slowly in diseased or injured
trees. Conservation planning would benefit from explicit knowledge of these processes …

Decaying wood and cavities in living trees are fundamental determinants of forest
biodiversity. However, a long history of forestry and land-use change has created a …

Examination of faecal material has demonstrated how a broad range of organisms are
distributed by bird movements. Such research has largely focused on dispersal of plant …

Bird‐mediated dispersal is presumed to be important in the dissemination of many different
types of organisms, but concrete evidence remains scarce. This is especially true for biota …