Maintenance of high plant species diversity by oomycete pathogens and mycorrhizal fungi in phosphorus-impoverished ecosystems

Lambers, Hans (Investigator 01)
Ranathunge, Kosala (Investigator 02)
Burgess, Treena (Investigator 03)

School of Biological Sciences

Status	Finished
Effective start/end date	4/07/22 → 27/06/25

Funding

ARC Australian Research Council : A$563,520.00
ARC Australian Research Council : A$563,520.00
ARC Australian Research Council : A$563,520.00

7 Article

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi May Account for a Phosphorus-Facilitation Strategy
Chen, L., Zhang, Z., Kotula, J., Finnegan, P. M., Ranathunge, K. & Lambers, H., 12 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Plant Cell and Environment. 14 p.
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Biochemical phosphorus allocation is linked to photosynthetic phosphorus-use efficiency in a phosphorus-impoverished environment
Chen, L.-L., Zhang, Z., Rupasinghe, T., Liu, S. T., Kotula, J., Finnegan, P. M., Ranathunge, K. & Lambers, H., Apr 2026, In: New Phytologist. 250, 2, p. 905-920 16 p., PMID 9882884.
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Pasteurisation of soil from an extremely phosphorus-impoverished habitat increases phosphorus availability and enhances the growth of Agonis flexuosa (Myrtaceae)
Zhang, Z., Migliorini, D., Albornoz, F. E., Finnegan, P. M., Ranathunge, K. & Lambers, H., Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Plant and Soil. 19 p.
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Contrasting phosphorus-impoverished habitats influence the species-dependent phosphorus-acquisition strategies of Proteaceae, Fabaceae, Myrtaceae, and Ericaceae in Southwest Australia
Chen, L. (Creator), Zhang, Z. (Creator), Mou, Z. (Contributor), Kang, H. (Contributor), Shen, Q. (Distributor), de Tombeur, F. (Contributor), Liu, S. (Contributor), Finnegan, P. (Supervisor), Ranathunge, K. (Supervisor) & Lambers, H. (Supervisor), The University of Western Australia, 2025
DOI: 10.26182/67kx-t436
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Facilitation and competition between Acacia species and phosphorus-mobilising plants in severely phosphorus-impoverished soil: coordination of root morphological traits
Chen, L. (Creator), Zhang, Z. (Creator), Shen, Q. (Contributor), Kotula, J. (Contributor), Liu, S. (Contributor), Finnegan, P. (Supervisor), Ranathunge, K. (Supervisor) & Lambers, H. (Supervisor), The University of Western Australia, 1 Mar 2026
DOI: 10.26182/x4mg-cv74
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi account for the phosphorus-facilitation strategy of Hibbertia racemosa (Dilleniaceae) but not H. hypericoides in severely phosphorus-impoverished environments: coordination of root and leaf economic traits and defence metabolites
Chen, L. (Creator), Zhang, Z. (Creator), Kotula, J. (Contributor), Finnegan, P. (Supervisor), Ranathunge, K. (Supervisor) & Lambers, H. (Supervisor), The University of Western Australia, Mar 2026
DOI: 10.26182/3qhj-dt64
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