Researcher

Tonia De Bellis

Office: 7B.10-1

Local: 4685

Tonia De Bellis is a researcher in biology, interested in biological invasions and microbial communities. Tonia is leading a project exploring mutualistic interactions between plants and mycorrhizal fungi funded by the FRQNT Programme de recherche pour les chercheurs de collège (2015-18). Specifically, she is interested in whether the relative strength of these positive interactions differ between native and invasive maple trees. She is working with Jean-Philippe Lessard at Concordia University and Steve Kembel at UQAM. She is also an active member of the Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science (QCBS).

T. De Bellis, G. Kernaghan, and P. Widden. 2007. Plant community influences on microfungal communities in the boreal-mixed wood forest. Mycologia, 99(3): 356-367.
T. De Bellis and P. Widden. 2006. Diversity of the SSU rRNA gene of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonizing Clintonia borealis from a mixed-wood boreal forest. 2006. FEMS Microbial Ecology 58: 225- 235.
T. De Bellis, G. Kernaghan, R. Bradley and P. Widden. 2006. Relationships between stand composition and ectomycorrhizal community structure in boreal mixed-wood forests. Microbial Ecology 52: 114–126.
T. De Bellis, P. Widden, and C. Messier. 2002. Effects of selective cuts on the mycorrhizae of regenerating Betula alleghaniensis and Acer saccharum seedlings in two Quebec mixed deciduous forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32: 1094-1102.
P. Widden, M. Béland, T. De Bellis and C. Semeniuk. 1999. Diversity of VAM in natural ecosystems. P 103-112. In Proc. International conference on mycorrhizas in sustainable tropical agriculture and forest ecosystems. Edited By F.A. Smith, K. Kramadibrata, R. D. M Simamanunkalit, N. Sukarno and S.T
Nuhaamara. Research and Development Centre for Biology, The Indonesian Institute for Sciences (LIPI), Bogor, Indonesia; The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.