Antonio Izzo

Work Address: Assistant Professor Elon University Department of Biology 2625 Campus Box Elon NC 27244 phone: (336) 278-6025 email: aizzo@elon.edu

Antonio's research and collaborations have mostly centered around the ecology of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) communities in mixed species forest, primarily in the Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest.

Antonio received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in June 2004 and worked as a post doc in Mark Mazzola's lab at the Agricultural Research Service (USDA) in Wenatchee, Washington. His work there examined how soil bacteria and fungi enhance or suppress plant disease.

In August of 2007, Antonio joined the faculty at Elon University in Elon North Carolina.

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Research interests at UC Berkeley

• ECM community structure in mixed-species forests
• spatial structure of active ECM and spore bank communities
• common mycelial networks in mixed species forests
• role of host diversity in generating ECM diversity
• contribution of hypogeous fungi to ECM communities
• effects of heat on spore bank reactivity
• effects of forest management on ECM community structure
• fine root distribution in complex forests
• hypogeous fungi on roots and in the small mammal diet

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Teaching

Study sites

• Sierra mixed conifer
• Teakettle Experimental Forest (images and links)
• Blodgett Forest (images and links)
• Coastal mixed evergreen
• Mt Tamalpais (images)

collaborations

generally useful links (parks, flora lists, weather, etc)

personal

Publications

Antonio Izzo, Diem Thi Nguyen and Thomas D. Bruns. 2006. Spatial structure and richness of ectomycorrhizal fungi colonizing bioassay seedlings from resistant propagules in a Sierra Nevada forest: comparisons using two hosts that exhibit different seedling establishment patterns. Mycologia 98(3): 374–383.


Izzo, A.D., M. Canright, and T.D. Bruns. 2006. The effects of heat treatments on ectomycorrhizal resistant propagules and their ability to colonize bioassay seedlings. Mycological Research 110(2): 196-202.

Izzo, A.D., M. Meyer, M. North, J.M. Trappe and T.D. Bruns. 2005. Hypogeous ectomycorrhizal fungal species on roots and in small mammal diet in a mixed conifer forest. Forest Science 53(3): 243-254. (ICOM4 poster in pdf format)

Antonio Izzo, Josephine Agbowo and Thomas D. Bruns. 2005. Detection of plot-level changes in ectomycorrhizal communities across years in an old-growth mixed-conifer forest. New Phytologist 166(2): 619-630. Supplimental figures pdf.

Kennedy , P.G. , A.D. Izzo, and T.D. Bruns.  2003. There is a high potential for common mycorrhizal networks between understory and canopy trees in a mixed evergreen forest.  J.Ecology 91:1071-1080.

North, M, B. Oakley, J. Chen, H. Erickson, A. Gray, A.D. Izzo, D. Johnson, S. Ma, H. Marra, M. Meyer, K. Purcell, B. Roath, R. Rambo, D. Rizzo, T. Schowalter. 2002. Vegetation and ecological characteristics of mixed-conifer and red fir forests at the Teakettle Experimental Forest.  PSW Gen Tech Rep 186 (pdf).