Christopher A. Searcy

This study meta-analyzes 1,736 host-symbiont effect sizes to assess how microbial effects on host vital rates vary across life stages and taxa, finding consistent benefits across stages but varying magnitudes and symbiont types.

This study shows mutualistic fungal endophytes in grasses expand ecological niches but constrain diversification, revealing a decoupling between niche expansion and speciation rates.

The paper shows mutualistic fungal endophytes increase grass population persistence but decline under high climate variability, threatening long-term species survival.

The paper uses machine learning to show that soil microbiome properties can predict plant species distributions, with microbial predictors being as important as abiotic factors for some species.

This study shows that soil fire legacy significantly influences microbial carbon and nutrient cycling responses to new fires, highlighting the importance of considering legacy effects in ecosystem studies.

The paper examines the impact of different linear infrastructures on bird communities in a tropical dry forest, finding that they reduce species richness and abundance and alter community composition.