Publications

*denotes undergraduate co-author.

Higgins, L. M.* and P. G. Kennedy.  Symbiotic Frankia bacteria in Alnus forests in Mexico and the United States: Is geographic location a good predictor of assemblage structure?  Botany, in press.

Kennedy, P. G., L. M. Higgins*, R. H. Rogers*, M. G. Weber*.  2011. Colonization-competition tradeoffs as a mechanism driving successional dynamics in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities. PLoS ONE 6: e25126.

Kennedy, P. G. 2011.  Ectomycorrhizal fungi in alder forests: a global anomaly in richness and composition? McIlvainea 20: http://www.namyco.org/publications/mcilvainea/v20/alder_fungi.html

Kennedy, P. G., R. Garibay-Orijel, L. M. Higgins*, R. Angeles*. 2011.  Ectomycorrhizal fungi in Mexican Alnus forests support the host co-migration hypothesis and continental-scale patterns in phylogeography.  Mycorrhiza 21: 559-568.

Peay, K. G.,  P. G. Kennedy, T.D. Bruns 2011.  Rethinking ectomycorrhizal succession: are root density and hyphal exploration types drivers of spatial and temporal zonation? Fungal Ecology 4: 233-240.

Lipus, A.* and P. G. Kennedy 2011.  Frankia assemblages associated with Alnus rubra and Alnus viridis are strongly influenced by host plant species identity.  International Journal of Plant Sciences, 172(3): 403-410.

Kennedy, P. G. 2010. Ectomycorrhizal fungi and interspecific competition: species interactions, community structure, coexistence mechanisms, and future research directions. New Phytologist 187: 895-910.

Kennedy, P. G., M. G. Weber*, A. A. Bluhm. 2010. Frankia bacteria and Alnus rubra forests: genetic diversity and determinants of assemblage structure.  Plant and Soil 335: 479-492.

Peay, K. G., P. G. Kennedy, S. J. Davies, S. Tan, T. D. Bruns. 2010. Potential ink between plant and fungal distributions in a dipterocarp forest: community and phylogenetic structure of tropical ectomycorrhizal fungi across a plant and soil ecotone.  New Phytologist 185: 529-542.

Kennedy, P. G. and L. T. Hill*. 2010.  A molecular and phylogenetic analysis of the structure and specificity of Alnus rubra ectomycorrhizal assemblages.  Fungal Ecology 3: 95-104.

Kennedy, P. G., J. L. Schouboe*, R. H. Rogers*, M. G. Weber*, and N. Nadkarni.  2010. Frankia and Alnus rubra canopy roots: an assessment of genetic diversity, propagule availability, and effects on soil nitrogen.  Microbial Ecology 59: 214-220.

Kennedy P. G., K. G. Peay, T. D. Bruns. 2009.  Root-tip competition among ectomycorrhizal fungi: are priority effects the rule or the exception?  Ecology 90: 2098-2107.

Bruns, T. D. and P.G. Kennedy. 2009. Individuals, populations, communities, and function: the growing field of ectomycorrhizal ecology. New Phytologist 182: 12-14.

Peay, K. G, P. G. Kennedy, T. D. Bruns  2008.  Fungal community ecology: a hybrid beast with a molecular master.  BioScience 58: 799-810.

Kennedy P. G., S. Hortal, S. Bergemann and T. D. Bruns. 2007. Competitive interactions among three ectomycorrhizal fungi and their relation to host plant performance. Journal of Ecology 95: 1138-1345.

Kennedy P. G., S. Bergemann, S. Hortal and T. D. Bruns. 2007. Determining the outcome of field-based competition between two Rhizopogon species using real-time PCR. Molecular Ecology 16: 881-890.

Kennedy P. G. and T. D. Bruns. 2005. Priority effects determine the outcome of ectomycorrhizal competition between two Rhizopogon species colonizing Pinus muricata seedlings. New Phytologist 166: 631-638.

Peay, K. G., P. G. Kennedy and T.D. Bruns. 2008. Fungal community ecology: a hybrid beast with a molecular master. BioScience 58: 799-810.

Kennedy P. G. and T.D. Bruns. 2007. Mycorrhizas take root the Ecological Society of America. New Phytologist 176: 745-748.

Kennedy P. G. and K. G. Peay. 2007. Varying soil moisture conditions change outcome of Rhizopogon species effects on Pinus muricata performance. Plant and Soil 291:155-165.

Peay K. P., T. D. Bruns, P. G. Kennedy, S. Bergemann, M. Garbelotto. 2007. A strong species-area relationship for eukaryotic soil microbes: island size matters for ectomycorrhizal fungi. Ecology Letters 10:470-480.

Rusca, T. A., P. G. Kennedy, T. D. Bruns. 2006. The effect of different pine hosts on the sampling of Rhizopogon spore banks in five Eastern Sierra Nevada forests. New Phytologist 170:15-160.

Kennedy P. G., A. D. Izzo, and T. D. Bruns. 2003. High potential for common mycorrhizal networks between understory and canopy trees in a mixed evergreen forest. Journal of Ecology 91: 1071-1080.

Sousa W. P., P. G. Kennedy, and B. J. Mitchell 2007. Supply-side ecology in mangroves: do propagule dispersal and seedling establishment explain forest structure? Ecological Monographs 77: 53-76.

Palomino M., P. G. Kennedy, E. L. Simms 2007. Nickel hyperaccumulation as an anti-herbivore: considering the role of tolerance to damage. Plant and Soil 293: 189-195.

Kennedy P. G. and W. P. Sousa 2006. Forest encroachment into a Californian grassland: examining the simultaneous effects of facilitation and competition on tree seedling recruitment. Oecologia 148: 464-474.

Kennedy P. G., N. J. Hausmann, E. H. Wenk, and T. E. Dawson. 2004. The importance of seed reserves for early seedling performance: an integrative approach using morphological, physiological, and isotopic techniques. Oecologia 141: 547-554.

Kennedy P. G. and T. Quinn. 2001. Understory plant establishment on old-growth stumps and the forest floor in western Washington. Forest Ecology and Management 154: 193-200.