{"entity": "journal", "iuid": "7263ee78853842238debe05cada06c2e", "timestamp": "2026-04-20T22:13:30.184Z", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/journal/Ecol.%20Lett..json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/journal/Ecol.%20Lett."}}, "title": "Ecol. Lett.", "issn": "1461-0248", "issn-l": "1461-023X", "publications_count": 4, "publications": [{"entity": "publication", "iuid": "f05fd6c1911a466280e1a2ff55f943e3", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/publication/f05fd6c1911a466280e1a2ff55f943e3.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/publication/f05fd6c1911a466280e1a2ff55f943e3"}}, "title": "Trees First Inhibit Then Promote Litter Decomposition in the Subarctic.", "authors": [{"family": "Jonsson", "given": "Micael", "initials": "M", "orcid": "0000-0002-1618-2617", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/ea45358bb3a146ffac63c13cba7f56c9.json"}}, {"family": "Clemmensen", "given": "Karina E", "initials": "KE", "orcid": "0000-0002-9627-6428", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/73a4e19bdfc1431c9dd1c3f1cd58c766.json"}}, {"family": "Casta\u00f1o", "given": "Carles", "initials": "C"}, {"family": "Parker", "given": "Thomas C", "initials": "TC"}], "type": "journal article", "published": "2025-01-00", "journal": {"title": "Ecol. Lett.", "issn": "1461-0248", "volume": "28", "issue": "1", "pages": "e70063", "issn-l": "1461-023X"}, "abstract": "Trees affect organic matter decomposition through allocation of recently fixed carbon belowground, but the magnitude and direction of this effect may depend on substrate type and decomposition stage. Here, we followed mass loss, chemical composition and fungal colonisation of leaf and root litters incubated in mountain birch forests over 4 years, in plots where belowground carbon allocation was severed by tree girdling or in control plots. Initially, girdling stimulated leaf and root litter mass loss by 12% and 22%, respectively, suggesting competitive release of saprotrophic decomposition when tree-mediated competition by ectomycorrhizal fungi was eliminated (Gadgil effect). After 4 years, girdling instead hampered mass loss of root litter by 30%, suggesting late-stage priming of decomposition in the presence of trees, in parallel with increased growth of shrubs and associated fungi following tree elimination. Hence, different mechanisms driving early- and late-stage litter decomposition should be considered in climate-feedback evaluations of plant-soil interactions.", "doi": "10.1111/ele.70063", "pmid": "39829292", "labels": {"NGI Uppsala (Uppsala Genome Center)": "Service", "NGI Long read": "Service", "National Genomics Infrastructure": "Service", "Swedish NMR Centre": "Service"}, "xrefs": [{"db": "pmc", "key": "PMC11744340"}], "notes": [], "created": "2025-03-07T09:47:53.171Z", "modified": "2025-10-17T13:03:52.434Z"}, {"entity": "publication", "iuid": "1248d62ac6224535a7bda5a940d3b7e0", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/publication/1248d62ac6224535a7bda5a940d3b7e0.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/publication/1248d62ac6224535a7bda5a940d3b7e0"}}, "title": "Complex life cycles drive community assembly through immigration and adaptive diversification.", "authors": [{"family": "Saltini", "given": "Marco", "initials": "M", "orcid": "0000-0002-5425-9101", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/528550e486c14cb7a6fa76233007356e.json"}}, {"family": "Vasconcelos", "given": "Paula", "initials": "P"}, {"family": "Rueffler", "given": "Claus", "initials": "C"}], "type": "letter", "published": "2023-07-00", "journal": {"title": "Ecol. Lett.", "issn": "1461-0248", "volume": "26", "issue": "7", "pages": "1084-1094", "issn-l": "1461-023X"}, "abstract": "Most animals undergo ontogenetic niche shifts during their life. Yet, standard ecological theory builds on models that ignore this complexity. Here, we study how complex life cycles, where juvenile and adult individuals each feed on different sets of resources, affect community richness. Two different modes of community assembly are considered: gradual adaptive evolution and immigration of new species with randomly selected phenotypes. We find that under gradual evolution complex life cycles can lead to both higher and lower species richness when compared to a model of species with simple life cycles that lack an ontogenetic niche shift. Thus, complex life cycles do not per se increase the scope for gradual adaptive diversification. However, complex life cycles can lead to significantly higher species richness when communities are assembled trough immigration, as immigrants can occupy isolated peaks of the dynamic fitness landscape that are not accessible via gradual evolution.", "doi": "10.1111/ele.14216", "pmid": "37125448", "labels": {"Bioinformatics Support for Computational Resources": "Service"}, "xrefs": [], "notes": [], "created": "2023-11-27T21:56:19.333Z", "modified": "2024-01-16T13:48:33.084Z"}, {"entity": "publication", "iuid": "770c8885ac974bdaa5e1b64bcb800cfe", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/publication/770c8885ac974bdaa5e1b64bcb800cfe.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/publication/770c8885ac974bdaa5e1b64bcb800cfe"}}, "title": "A group of ectomycorrhizal fungi restricts organic matter accumulation in boreal forest.", "authors": [{"family": "Lindahl", "given": "Bj\u00f6rn D", "initials": "BD", "orcid": "0000-0002-3384-4547", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/b7a40688d33545a19c3c666940bda255.json"}}, {"family": "Kyaschenko", "given": "Julia", "initials": "J", "orcid": "0000-0001-8831-8483", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/9f85920960014681b0a1b7199253ba3e.json"}}, {"family": "Varenius", "given": "Kerstin", "initials": "K"}, {"family": "Clemmensen", "given": "Karina E", "initials": "KE", "orcid": "0000-0002-9627-6428", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/73a4e19bdfc1431c9dd1c3f1cd58c766.json"}}, {"family": "Dahlberg", "given": "Anders", "initials": "A", "orcid": "0000-0002-3669-6797", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/a62efad22b414d618531b66ad404f689.json"}}, {"family": "Karltun", "given": "Erik", "initials": "E", "orcid": "0000-0002-1317-1146", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/550ddefcca8d44fab61f8ce79241fbe2.json"}}, {"family": "Stendahl", "given": "Johan", "initials": "J", "orcid": "0000-0002-9944-0297", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/researcher/e85527eadcb54545844e20d97954fb11.json"}}], "type": "letter", "published": "2021-07-00", "journal": {"title": "Ecol. Lett.", "issn": "1461-0248", "volume": "24", "issue": "7", "pages": "1341-1351", "issn-l": "1461-023X"}, "abstract": "Boreal forest soils are important global carbon sinks, with significant storage in the organic topsoil. Decomposition of these stocks requires oxidative enzymes, uniquely produced by fungi. Across Swedish boreal forests, we found that local carbon storage in the organic topsoil was 33% lower in the presence of a group of closely related species of ectomycorrhizal fungi - Cortinarius acutus s.l.. This observation challenges the prevailing view that ectomycorrhizal fungi generally act to increase carbon storage in soils but supports the idea that certain ectomycorrhizal fungi can complement free-living decomposers, maintaining organic matter turnover, nutrient cycling and tree productivity under nutrient-poor conditions. The indication that a narrow group of fungi may exert a major influence on carbon cycling questions the prevailing dogma of functional redundancy among microbial decomposers. Cortinarius acutus s.l. responds negatively to stand-replacing disturbance, and associated population declines are likely to increase soil carbon sequestration while impeding long-term nutrient cycling.", "doi": "10.1111/ele.13746", "pmid": "33934481", "labels": {"NGI Uppsala (Uppsala Genome Center)": "Service", "National Genomics Infrastructure": "Service"}, "xrefs": [], "notes": [], "created": "2021-08-05T12:05:46.181Z", "modified": "2021-11-10T12:23:45.956Z"}, {"entity": "publication", "iuid": "703c44c7df664681bd613f7bcea8947a", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/publication/703c44c7df664681bd613f7bcea8947a.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications.scilifelab.se/publication/703c44c7df664681bd613f7bcea8947a"}}, "title": "The maintenance of mitochondrial genetic variation by negative frequency-dependent selection.", "authors": [{"family": "Kazanc\u0131o\u011flu", "given": "Erem", "initials": "E"}, {"family": "Arnqvist", "given": "G\u00f6ran", "initials": "G"}], "type": "journal article", "published": "2014-01-00", "journal": {"volume": "17", "issn": "1461-0248", "issue": "1", "pages": "22-27", "title": "Ecol. Lett.", "issn-l": "1461-023X"}, "abstract": "Mitochondrial genes generally show high levels of standing genetic variation, which is puzzling given the accumulating evidence for phenotypic effects of mitochondrial genetic variation. Negative frequency-dependent selection, where the relative fitness of a genotype is inversely related to its frequency in a population, provides a potent and potentially general process that can maintain mitochondrial polymorphism. We assessed the change in mitochondrial haplotype frequencies over 10 generations of experimental evolution in 180 seed beetle populations in the laboratory, where haplotypes competed for propagation to subsequent generations. We found that haplotypes consistently increased in frequency when they were initially rare and decreased in frequency when initially common. Our results have important implications for the use of mtDNA haplotype frequency data to infer population level processes and they revive the general hypothesis that negative frequency-dependent selection, presumably caused by habitat heterogeneity, may commonly promote polymorphism in ecologically relevant life history genes.", "doi": "10.1111/ele.12195", "pmid": "24134428", "labels": {"National Genomics Infrastructure": null, "NGI Uppsala (Uppsala Genome Center)": null}, "xrefs": [], "notes": [], "created": "2017-05-04T15:02:20.888Z", "modified": "2020-01-21T13:56:02.938Z"}], "created": "2017-05-09T09:12:03.353Z", "modified": "2020-11-27T13:14:02.990Z"}