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Deng, J., Pickles, B. J., Kavakopoulos, A., Blanusa, T., Halios, C. H., Smith, S. T. and Shao, L. (2019) Concept and methodology of characterising infrared radiative performance of urban trees using tree crown spectroscopy. Building and Environment. ISSN 0360-1323 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.04.056 (In Press)

Pither, J., Pickles, B., Simard, S. W., Ordonez, A. and Williams, J. W. (2018) Below-ground biotic interactions moderated the postglacial range dynamics of trees. New Phytologist, 220 (4). pp. 1148-1160. ISSN 1469-8137 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15203

Pither, J. and Pickles, B. J. (2017) The paleosymbiosis hypothesis: host plants can be colonized by root symbionts that have been inactive for centuries to millenia. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 93 (6). fix061. ISSN 1574-6941 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fix061

Pickles, B. J., Wilhelm, R., Asay, A. K., Hahn, A. S., Simard, S. W. and Mohn, W. W. (2017) Transfer of 13C between paired Douglas-fir seedlings reveals plant kinship effects and uptake of exudates by ectomycorrhizas. New Phytologist, 214 (1). pp. 400-411. ISSN 1469-8137 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14325

Gorzelak, M. A., Pickles, B. J. and Hart, M. M. (2017) Exploring the symbiont diversity of ancient western redcedars: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of long-lived hosts. Molecular Ecology, 26 (6). pp. 1586-1597. ISSN 0962-1083 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14023

Pickles, B. J., Gorzelak, M. A., Green, D. S., Egger, K. N. and Massicotte, H. B. (2015) Host and habitat filtering in seedling root-associated fungal communities: taxonomic and functional diversity are altered in ‘novel’ soils. Mycorrhiza, 25 (7). pp. 517-531. ISSN 0940-6360 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-015-0630-y

Pickles, B. J., Twieg, B. D., O'Neill, G. A., Mohn, W. W. and Simard, S. W. (2015) Local adaptation in migrated interior Douglas-fir seedlings is mediated by ectomycorrhizas and other soil factors. New Phytologist, 207 (3). pp. 858-871. ISSN 0028-646X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13360

Hart, M. M., Aleklett, K., Chagnon, P.-L., Egan, C., Ghignone, S., Helgason, T., Lekberg, Y., Öpik, M., Pickles, B. J. and Waller, L. (2015) Navigating the labyrinth: a guide to sequence-based, community ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist, 207 (1). pp. 235-247. ISSN 1469-8137 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13340

Gorzelak, M. A., Asay, A. K., Pickles, B. J. and Simard, S. W. (2015) Inter-plant communication through mycorrhizal networks mediates complex adaptive behaviour in plant communities. AoB Plants, 7. plv050. ISSN 2041-2851 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plv050

Pickles, B. J. and Pither, J. (2014) Still scratching the surface: how much of the ‘black box’ of soil ectomycorrhizal communities remains in the dark? New Phytologist, 201 (4). pp. 1101-1105. ISSN 0028-646X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12616

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Pickles, B. J. and Simard, S. W. (2017) Mycorrhizal networks and forest resilience to drought. In: Johnson, N. C., Gehring, C. and Jansa, J. (eds.) Mycorrhizal Mediation of Soil - Fertility, Structure, and Carbon Storage. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 319-339. ISBN 9780128043127 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-804312-7.00018-8

Pickles, B. J. and Anderson, I. C. (2016) Spatial ecology of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities. In: Martin, F. (ed.) Molecular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis. Wiley, pp. 363-386. ISBN 9781118951415 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118951446.ch20