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Sören Eliot Weber

Mycorrhizae ⋅ Biogeochemistry ⋅ Global Change

I am primarily interested in how arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and other soil biota interact with plants, and in how these interactions influence and respond to ecosystem functions in the context of global change and biodiversity loss. I couple empirical study, advanced statistical and computational analysis and process-based modeling to examine:

• How the eco-evolutionary dynamics of partner selection in the plant-AMF symbiosis generate patterns of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

  • AMF diversity improves plant resource uptake across plant functional types

  • Plants receive more P when given ‘choice’ of AMF species

  • AMF acquire more C when given ‘choice’ of plant species (in prep.)

• How do soil biota and plants respond to (sometimes multiple) global change drivers

  • AMF^{1, 2}

  • Prokaryotes and other fungi^{1, 2 3}

  • Plant-soil feedbacks¹

  • Fine-roots¹

• How do functional differences among mycorrhizal fungi and plants influence their interactions with each other and ecosystem processes?

  • AMF functional groups¹

  • Plant functional traits ^{1, 2, 3, 4}

  • Plant functional groups^1,2