2023

Dalling J.W., E. Garcia, C. Espinosa,  C. Pizano, A. Ferrer, and J. Viana. 2023. Zombie leaves: novel repurposing of senescent fronds in the tree fern Cyathea rojasiana in a tropical montane forest. Accepted in Ecology.

Ferrer, A. 2023. The polypore fungal genus Amauroderma. In: The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado Island: Plant and Ecosystem Science, ed. H. C, Muller-Landau and S. J. Wright: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In press.

Ferrer, A., and J. W. Dalling. 2023. Wood-inhabiting fungi of Barro Colorado. Barro. In: The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado Island: Plant and Ecosystem Science, ed. H. C, Muller-Landau and S. J. Wright: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In press.

Ferrer, A., A. Corrales, and J. W. Dalling. Root nodule associated microbiota of the tropical conifer Podocarpus in Panamá. In prep.

2022

Zanne A., Habacus F-M., Powell J., et al. 2022. Temperature sensitivity of termites determines global wood decay rates. Science. https://doi:10.1126/science.abo3856

Ferrer, A., K. D. Heath, S. L. Mosquera, Y. Suarez, and J. W. Dalling. 2022. Assembly of wood-inhabiting archaeal, bacterial, and fungal communities along a salinity gradient: common taxa are broadly distributed but locally abundant in preferred habitats. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 98: fiac040. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiac040

2021

Zalamea, P., C. Sarmiento, A. E. Arnold, A. S. Davis, A. Ferrer, and J. W. Dalling. 2021. Closely related tree species support distinct communities of seed‐associated fungi in a lowland tropical forest. Journal of Ecology 109:1858-1872. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13611

2020

Ferrer, A., K. D. Heath, T. Canam, H. D. Flores, and J. W. Dalling. 2020. Contribution of fungal and invertebrate communities to wood decay in tropical terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Ecology 101: e03097.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3097

Jones, J. M., K. D. Heath, A. Ferrer, and J. W. Dalling. 2020. Habitat specific effects of bark on wood decomposition: influences of fragmentation, nitrogen concentration, and microbial community composition. Functional Ecology 34:1123-1133. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13547

2019

Jones, J. M., K. D. Heath, A. Ferrer, S. P. Brown, T. Canam, and J. W. Dalling. 2019. Wood decomposition in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in the tropics: contrasting biotic and abiotic processes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 95: fiy223. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiy223

2017

Shumilovskikh, L. S., A. Ferrer, and F. Schlütz. 2017. Non-pollen palynomorphs notes: 2. Holocene record of  Megalohypha aqua-dulces , its relation to the fossil form genus  Fusiformisporites  and association with lignicolous freshwater fungi. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 246: 167–176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2017.07.002

2016

Brown, S. P., A. Ferrer, J. W. Dalling, and K. D. Heath. 2016. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket: a cost-effective and powerful method to optimize primer choice for rRNA environmental community analyses using the Fluidigm Access Array. Molecular Ecology Resources 16: 946–956. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12507

2015

Corrales, A., A. E. Arnold, A. Ferrer, B. L. Turner, and J. W. Dalling. 2015. Variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities associated with Oreomunnea mexicana (Juglandaceae) in a Neotropical montane forest. Mycorrhiza 26: 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-015-0641-8

2012

Ferrer, A., A. N. Miller, C. Sarmiento, and C. A. Shearer. 2012. Three new genera representing novel lineages of Sordariomycetidae (Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota) from tropical freshwater habitats in Costa Rica. Mycologia 104: 865–879. https://doi.org/10.3852/11-111

2011

Ferrer, A., A. N. Miller, and C. A. Shearer. 2011. Minutisphaera and Natipusilla: two new genera of freshwater Dothideomycetes. Mycologia 103: 411–423. https://doi.org/10.3852/10-177

2010

Raja, H. A., A. Ferrer, C. A. Shearer, and A. N. Miller. 2010. Freshwater ascomycetes: Wicklowia aquatica, a new genus and species in the Pleosporales from Florida and Costa Rica. Mycoscience 51: 208–214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10267-009-0027-x

2009

Raja, H. A., A. Ferrer, and C. A. Shearer. 2009. Freshwater ascomycetes: a new genus, Ocala scalariformis gen. et sp. nov, and two new species, Ayria nubispora sp. nov. and Rivulicola cygnea sp. nov. Fungal Diversity 34: 79–86. https://www.fungaldiversity.org/fdp/sfdp/FD34-5.pdf

2008

Ferrer, A., H. A. Raja, and C. A. Shearer. 2008. Lucidascocarpa pulchella , a new ascomycete genus and species from freshwater habitats in the American tropics. Mycologia 100: 642–646. https://doi.org/10.3852/07-152R2

2007

Ferrer, A., and C. A. Shearer. 2007. Three new species of Luttrellia from temperate and tropical freshwater habitats. Mycologia 99: 144–151. https://doi.org/10.1080/15572536.2007.11832611

Ferrer, A., S. Sivichai, and C. A. Shearer. 2007. Megalohypha, a new genus in the Jahnulales from aquatic habitats in the tropics. Mycologia 99: 456–460. https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/11893/stri_Ferrer_Sivichai_and_Shearer_2007.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Campbell, J., A. Ferrer, H. A. Raja, S. Sivichai, and C. A. Shearer. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships among taxa in the Jahnulales inferred from 18S and 28S nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences. Canadian Journal of Botany 85: 873–882. https://fungi.life.illinois.edu/articles/Campbell%202007.pdf

2005

Ferrer, A., and C. A. Shearer. 2005. New records and a new species of Canalisporium from aquatic habitats in Panama. Mycotaxon 93: 179–188. https://sciwheel.com/work/item/4552490/resources/17583846/pdf

Raja, H. A., A. Ferrer, and C. A. Shearer. 2005. Aliquandostipite crystallinus, a new ascomycete species from wood submerged in freshwater habitats. Mycotaxon 91: 207–215. https://www.academia.edu/20978018/Aliquandostipite_crystallinus_a_new_ascomycete_species_from_wood_submerged_in_freshwater_habitats._Mycotaxon

2003

Ferrer, A., and G. S. Gilbert. 2003. Effect of tree host species on fungal community composition in a tropical rain forest in Panama. Diversity and Distributions 9: 455–468.

2002

Gilbert, G. S., A. Ferrer, and J. Carranza. 2002. Polypore fungal diversity and host density in a moist tropical forest. Biodiversity & Conservation 11: 947–957. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3246713