D. Lee Taylor

14.0k citations

84 papers · 7.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.1%
- Plant and animal studies
- Lichen and fungal ecology
Cell Biology top 0.2%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Papers in

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 52
- Lichen and fungal ecology 27
- Plant and animal studies 22
Insect Science 26
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies 26

Co-authors: Thomas D. Bruns John Shawe‐Taylor Theodore C. White Suk‐Ha Lee TJ White F. J. R. Taylor Melissa McCormick Niall J. Lennon
Journals: Molecular Ecology (15 papers)New Phytologist (10 papers)Fungal ecology (6 papers)Mycologia (3 papers)Molecular Ecology Resources (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Netherlands Canada

In The Last Decade

D. Lee Taylor

84 papers receiving 7.6k citations

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Accurate Estimation of Fungal Diversity and Abundance through Improved Lineage-Specific Primers Optimized for Illumina Amplicon Sequencing 2016 · 327 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Applied and Environmental Microbiology
1990 Amplification and direct sequencing of fungal ribosomal RNA genes for phylogenetics. PCR protocols: a guide to methods and applications

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1	Genomic and cellular context-dependent expression of the human ELMO1 gene transcript variants Gene ·Nobuyo Maeda, D. Lee Taylor, Riitta Kosunen, Jacob Kwakye, S.M. Dunn, Nicholas A. Devanney, Feng Li, Lance A. Johnson, Lucie Badouric	2025	1
2	Root‐associated fungi and acquisitive root traits facilitate permafrost nitrogen uptake from long‐term experimentally warmed tundra New Phytologist ·Rebecca E. Hewitt, Connor C. McDougall, D. Lee Taylor, Michelle C. Mack	2024	3
3	Host identity affects the response of mycorrhizal fungal communities to high severity fires in Alaskan boreal forests Fungal ecology ·Connor C. McDougall, Jill F. Johnstone, Michelle C. Mack, Teresa N. Hollingsworth, D. Lee Taylor	2023	5
4	Inter-annual Persistence of Canopy Fungi Driven by Abundance Despite High Spatial Turnover Microbial Ecology ·A.P. Aslamov, A.D. Taylor, Jyotsna Sharma, D. Lee Taylor	2022	1
5	Soil fungal composition changes with shrub encroachment in the northern Chihuahuan Desert Fungal ecology ·Laura M. Ladwig, Lukas Bell‐Dereske, Kayce C. Bell, Scott L. Collins, Donald O. Natvig, D. Lee Taylor	2021	9
6	Limited overall impacts of ectomycorrhizal inoculation on recruitment of boreal trees into Arctic tundra following wildfire belie species-specific responses PLoS ONE ·Rebecca E. Hewitt, F. Stuart Chapin, Teresa N. Hollingsworth, Michelle C. Mack, Adrian V. Rocha, D. Lee Taylor	2020	5
7	Fire-severity effects on plant–fungal interactions after a novel tundra wildfire disturbance: implications for arctic shrub and tree migration BMC Ecology ·Rebecca E. Hewitt, Teresa N. Hollingsworth, F. Stuart Chapin, D. Lee Taylor	2016	27
8	A first comprehensive census of fungi in soil reveals both hyperdiversity and fine‐scale niche partitioning Ecological Monographs ·D. Lee Taylor, Teresa N. Hollingsworth, Jack W. McFarland, Niall J. Lennon, Chad Nusbaum, Roger W. Ruess	2013	248
9	Intercontinental divergence in the Populus‐associated ectomycorrhizal fungus, Tricholoma populinum New Phytologist ·Lisa C. Grubisha, Nicholas D. Levsen, Matthew S. Olson, D. Lee Taylor	2012	23
10	Limitations on orchid recruitment: not a simple picture Molecular Ecology ·Melissa McCormick, D. Lee Taylor, 充羽生, Björn Hayer, Dennis F. Whigham, John P. O’Neill	2012	116
11	Rangewide analysis of fungal associations in the fully mycoheterotrophic Corallorhiza striata complex (Orchidaceae) reveals extreme specificity on ectomycorrhizal Tomentella (Thelephoraceae) across North America American Journal of Botany ·Craig F. Barrett, John V. Freudenstein, D. Lee Taylor, Urmas Kõljalg	2010	47
12	Phylogenetic and ecological analyses of soil and sporocarp DNA sequences reveal high diversity and strong habitat partitioning in the boreal ectomycorrhizal genus Russula (Russulales; Basidiomycota) New Phytologist ·József Geml, Gary A. Laursen, Ian Herriott, T Friedman, Michael G. Booth, Niall J. Lennon, H. C. Nusbaum, D. Lee Taylor	2010	48
13	Molecular phylogenetic biodiversity assessment of arctic and boreal ectomycorrhizal Lactarius Pers. (Russulales; Basidiomycota) in Alaska, based on soil and sporocarp DNA Molecular Ecology ·József Geml, Gary A. Laursen, Ina Timling, T Friedman, Michael G. Booth, Niall J. Lennon, Chad Nusbaum, D. Lee Taylor	2009	56
14	Stable isotope fingerprinting: a novel method for identifying plant, fungal, or bacterial origins of amino acids Ecology ·Thomas Larsen, D. Lee Taylor, Mary Beth Leigh, Diane M. O’Brien	2009	208
15	Evidence for strong inter- and intracontinental phylogeographic structure in Amanita muscaria, a wind-dispersed ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·József Geml, Rodham E. Tulloss, Gary A. Laursen, 钟祚群, D. Lee Taylor	2008	95
16	TOPO TA is A‐OK: a test of phylogenetic bias in fungal environmental clone library construction Environmental Microbiology ·D. Lee Taylor, Ian Herriott, James M. Long, Keith O'Neill	2007	58
17	High specificity generally characterizes mycorrhizal association in rare lady's slipper orchids, genus Cypripedium Molecular Ecology ·Richard P. Shefferson, Michael Weiß, Tiiu Kull, D. Lee Taylor	2005	162
18	Detection of forest stand-level spatial structure in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Erik A. Lilleskov, Thomas D. Bruns, Thomas R. Horton, D. Lee Taylor, Paul Grogan	2004	191
19	Identification of mycorrhizal fungi from single pelotons of Dactylorhiza majalis (Orchidaceae) using single‐strand conformation polymorphism and mitochondrial ribosomal large subunit DNA sequences Molecular Ecology ·Sandra Kariati, D. Lee Taylor, Rasmus Kjøller, Hanne N. Rasmussen, Søren Rosendahl	2001	83
20	Community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a Pinus muricata forest: minimal overlap between the mature forest and resistant propagule communities Molecular Ecology ·D. Lee Taylor, Thomas D. Bruns	1999	365

About D. Lee Taylor

D. Lee Taylor is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Plant Science, Cell Biology and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 84 papers that have together received 7.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (58 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (27 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (27 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (26 papers), Plant and animal studies (22 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (8 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (3.3k citations), Cell Biology (2.6k citations), Plant Science (5.3k citations), Insect Science (1.5k citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.1k citations). D. Lee Taylor has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Thomas D. Bruns, John Shawe‐Taylor, Theodore C. White, Suk‐Ha Lee, TJ White, F. J. R. Taylor, Melissa McCormick, Niall J. Lennon, József Geml and Ina Timling. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Ecology, New Phytologist, Fungal ecology, Mycologia and Molecular Ecology Resources.

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