Research Branch Staff Publications - Shannon Berch

• Berch, S.M., R.P. Brockley, J. Battigelli, S. Hagerman, and B. Holl. 2006. Impacts of repeated fertilization on components of the soil biota under a young lodgepole pine stand in the interior of British Columbia. Can. J. For. Res. 36: 1415-1426.
• Berch, S.M., T.R. Allen, and M.L. Berbee. 2002. Molecular detection, community structure and phylogeny of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi. Plant and Soil 244:55-66.
• Fogarty, F., S.M. Berch and B.N. D'Anjou. 2001. Effects of alternative silviculture treatments on the diversity of forest fungi in the Roberts Creek Study Forest. B.C. Ministry of Forests, Vancouver Forest Region, Nanaimo. Extension Note 6. 7 p.
• Berch, S.M. and A. M. Wiensczyk. 2001. Ecological description and classification of some Pine Mushroom (Tricholoma magnivelare) habitat in British Columbia. B.C. Min. For.; SIFERP. Victoria, BC; Kamloops, BC. Research Report 19.
• Berch, S.M., B. Baumbrough, J. Battigelli, P Kroeger, N. Strub, and L. de Montigny. 2001. Preliminary assessment of selected communities of soil organisms under different conifer species. B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, BC. Research Report 20.
• Cade-Menun, B.J., S.M. Berch, C.M. Preston and L.M. Lavkulich. 2000. Phosphorus forms and related soil chemistry of podzolic soils of northern Vancouver Island. II. The effects of clear-cutting and burning. Can. J.For. Res. 30: 1726-1741.
• Cade-Menun, B.J., S.M. Berch, C.M. Preston and L.M. Lavkulich. 2000. Phosphorus forms and related soil chemistry of podzolic soils of northern Vancouver Island. I. A comparison of two forest types. Can. J. For. Res. 30: 1714-1725.
• Prescott, C.E., L. Vesterdal, J. Pratt, K. Venner, S.M. Berch and L. de Montigny. 2000. Nutrient availability in forest floors of single species conifer plantations in coastal British Columbia. Can.J.For.Res. 30: 1341-1352.
• Xiao, G., and S.M. Berch. 1999. Organic nitrogen use by salal ericoid mycorrhizal fungi from northern Vancouver Island and impacts on growth in vitro of Gaultheria shallon. Mycorrhiza 9:145-149.
• Berch, S.M., G. Xiao, and C. Bulmer. 1999. Commercial mycorrhizal inoculants: value-added conifers for site rehabilitation or just another way to spend money? In Proceedings: 19th Annual Meeting of the Forest Nursery Association of British Columbia, September 27-30, Vancouver, B.C. Extension Services, Tree Improvement Br., Surrey.
• Monreal, M., S.M. Berch, and M. Berbee. 1999. Molecular diversity of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi. Can. J. Bot. 77: 1580-1594.
• Goodman, D.M., D.M. Durall, J.A. Trofymow, and S.M. Berch. 1998. A manual of concise descriptions of North American ectomycorrhizae. Mycologue Publications, Sidney, B.C.
• Cade-Menun, B.J. and S.M. Berch. 1997. Response of mycorrhizal western red cedar to organic P sources and benomyl. Can. J. Bot. 75:1226-1235
• DeGeus, N. and S.M. Berch. 1996. Pine Mushroom Management: A British Columbia Perspective. In I.H. Chapela and M.E. Palm. Mycology in sustainable development: expanding concepts, vanishing borders. Parkaway Publishers Inc., Boone, N.C. 400. p.
• Xiao, G. and S.M. Berch. 1996. Diversity and abundance of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi of Gaultheria shallon on forest clearcuts. Can. J. Bot. 74:337-346.
• Kernaghan, G., S.M. Berch, and R. Carter. 1995. Effect of urea fertilization on ectomycorrhizae of thirty year old Tsuga heterophylla. Can. J. For. Res. 25:891-901.
• Xiao, G. and S.M. Berch. 1995. Ability of known ericoid mycorrhizal fungi to form mycorrhizae with Gaultheria shallon. Mycologia 87:467-470.
• Battigelli, J., S.M. Berch, and V. Marshall. 1994. Soil fauna communities in two distinct but adjacent forest types on northern Vancouver Island, B.C. Can. J. For. Res. 24:1557-1566.
• Cade-Menun, B.J. and S.M. Berch. 1993. Forms of P in forest soils. Canadian Soil Science Society Meetings, St. John's, Nfld.
• Kernaghan, G. and S.M. Berch. 1993. Effects of urea fertilization on ectomycorrhizae of western hemlock. 9th NACOM, Univ. Guelph, Ont.
• Berch, S.M. and A.L. Roth. 1993. Ectomycorrhizae of Douglas-fir pre-inoculated with Rhizopogon vinicolor and outplanted on eastern Vancouver Island. Can. J. For. Res. 23:1711-1715.
• Berch, S.M. 1992. Diversity of Soil Organisms: A British Columbia perspective. Proceedings of the 15th Soil Science Workshop. Pacific Region Soil Science Society, Dept. Soil Science, UBC.
• Xiao, G. and S.M. Berch. 1992. The potential role of mycorrhizal fungi of salal in its dominance. Abstracts of APS/MSA Meeting, Portland, Oreg.
• Gamiet, S. and S.M. Berch. 1992. Macrofungi of old growth forests in south coastal British Columbia. Abstracts of APS/MSA Meeting, Portland, Oreg.
• Kernaghan, G., S.M. Berch, and R. Carter. 1992. Response of Hemlock ectomycorrhizae to forest fertilization. Abstracts of APS/MSA Meeting, Portland, Oreg.
• Gamiet, S. and S.M. Berch. 1992. Fungi of old growth forests in B.C. N.W. Env. J. 8:168-170.
• Kernaghan, G., S.M. Berch, and R. Carter. 1992. Effect of applied nitrogen on the mycorrhizae of western hemlock. N.W. Env. J. 8:173-174.
• Battigelli, J.P., S.M. Berch, and V. Marshall. 1992. Soil Fauna communities in Cedar-Hemlock and Hemlock-Amabilis fir forest types on northern Vancouver Island, B.C. Northwest. Environmental Journal 8:213-214.
• Baumbrough, B., S.M. Berch, and V. Marshall. 1992. Taxonomic Survey of Springtails collected from Northern Vancouver Island sites. N.W. Env. J. 8:215-217.
• Xiao, G. and S.M. Berch. 1992. Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi of salal. Mycologia 84:470-471.
• Roth, A. and S.M. Berch. 1992. Ectomycorrhizae of Douglas-fir and western hemlock seedlings outplanted on eastern Vancouver Island. Can. J. For. Res. 22: 1646-1655.
• Berch, S.M., E. Deom, A. Roth, and W.J. Beese. 1992. Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae of Western redcedar in container nurseries and on field sites after slash burning. Tree Planters' Notes 44:33-37.
• Panday, K.K., H. Schreier, and S.M. Berch. 1991. Fodder tree research initiatives. In Soil Fertility and erosion issues in the middle mountains of Nepal. P.B. Shah, H. Schreier, S.J. Brown, and K.W. Riley (editors). IDRC, Ottawa. pp. 267-275.
• Xiao, G. and S.M. Berch. 1991. Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi of salal: Gaultheria shallon Pursh. Soil Ecology Society Meetings, OSU.
• Battigelli, J.P., S.M. Berch, and V.G. Marshall. 1991. Comparison of soil fauna communities between Cedar-Hemlock and Hemlock-Amabilis fir forest phases on Vancouver Island. Soil Ecology Society Meetings, OSU.
• Sancayaningsih, O.R.P. and S.M. Berch. 1991. VAM occurence on four Indonesia forestry species. Berkala Ilmiah Biologi 1:101-116.
• Cade, B.J., S.M. Berch, and A.A. Bomke. 1991. Seasonal colonization of winter wheat in south coastal British Columbia by vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Can. J. Bot. 69:78-86.
• Berch, S.M., E. Deom, and T. Willingdon. 1991. Western red cedar growth and vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in fumigated and nonfumigated nursery beds. Tree Planters' Notes 42:14-16.
• Chapman, W.K., S.M. Berch, and T.M. Ballard. 1990. In vitro growth of ectomycorrhizal fungi on dilute agar. Mycologia 82:526-527.
• Berch, S.M., R. Ferrera-Cerrato, and C. Gonzalez Chavez. 1989. Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from corn fields in Atlacomulco, Mexico. Mycologia 81:280-281.
• Berch, S. and G. Hunt. 1988. The state of mycorrhiza research in B.C. Forestry. In Canadian Workshop on Mycorrhizae in Forestry. M. Lalonde and Y. Piché (editors). CRBF. Faculté de Foresterie et Géodesie, Université Laval, Que. pp. 7-8.
• Berch, S.M. 1988. A compilation of the Endogonaceae. Mycologue Publications, Waterloo. 228 pp.
• Traquair, J. and S.M. Berch. 1988. Colonization of peach rootstocks by indigenous vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Can. J. Plant Sci. 68:893-898.
• Berch, S.M., S. Gamiet, and E. Deom. 1988. Mycorrhizal status of some plants of south-western British Columbia. Can. J. Bot. 66:1924-1928.
• Gamiet, S. and S.M. Berch. 1987. Mycorrhizal status of apple rootstocks from stool beds. In Mycorrhizae in the next decade. Proc. 7th North American Conference on Mycorrhizae. Gainesville, Florida. p. 19.
• Berch, S.M. 1987. Endogonaceae: taxonomy, specificity, fossil record, phylogeny. In Frontiers in Applied Microbiology. K.G. Mukerji and V.P. Singh (editors). Print House, Lucknow, India. Vol. 2: 161-188.
• Berch, S.M. 1987. Taxonomia de los hongos micorricicos vesiculo-arbusculares-acricolas. Revista Mexicana de Fitopatologia 5:137-149.
• Berch, S.M. and M. Castellano. 1986. Sporulation of Endogone pisiformis in axenic and monoxenic culture. Mycologia 78: 292-295.
• Berch, S.M. and R.E. Koske. 1986. Glomus pansihalos, a new species in the Endogonaceae, Zygomycetes. Mycologia 78: 832-836.
• Trappe, J.M., and S.M. Berch. 1985. The prehistory of mycorrhizae: A.B. Frank's predecessors. In Proc. 6th NACOM. R. Molina (editor). Bend, Oreg. pp. 2-11.
• Berch, S.M., O.K. Miller, Jr., and H.D. Thiers. 1985. Evolution of mycorrhizae. In Proc. 6th NACOM. R. Molina (editor). Bend, Oreg. pp. 189-192.
• Kendrick, W.B. and S.M. Berch. 1985. Mycorrhizae: Applications in Agriculture and Forestry. In Comprehensive Biotechnology Vol. 3. M. Moo-Young (editor). Pergamon Press.
• Berch, S.M. and B.G. Warner. 1985. Fossil vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: two Glomus species (Endogonaceae, Zygomycetes) from late Quaternary deposits in Ontario, Canada. Rev. Paleobot. Palyn. 45:229-237.
• Berch, S.M. and J.M. Trappe. 1985. Glomus hoi sp. nov. (Endogonaceae, Zygomycotina). Mycologia 77:654-657.
• Berch, S.M. 1985. A new, sporocarpic species of Acaulospora gen. emend. (Endogonaceae, Zygomycotina). Mycotaxon 23:409-418.
• Berch, S.M. 1985. The nomenclatural fate of Rhizophagites acinus. Mycotaxon 23:405-407.
• Berch, S.M. and J.A. Fortin. 1984. Some sporocarpic Endogonaceae from eastern Canada. Can. J. Bot. 62:170-180.
• Berch, S.M. and J.A. Fortin. 1984. A lectotype for Glomus microcarpum. Mycologia 76:192-195.
• Dicosmo, F., S.M. Berch, and W.B. Kendrick. 1983. Cylindrotrichum, Chaetopsis and two new genera of Hyphomycetes: Kylindria and Xenokylindria. Mycologia 75:949-973.
• Berch, S.M. and J.A. Fortin. 1983. Lectotypification of Glomus macrocarpum and proposal of new combinations: Glomus australe, Glomus versiforme, and Glomus tenebrosum (Endogonaceae). Can. J. Bot. 61:2608-2617.
• Berch, S.M. and J.A. Fortin. 1983. Endogone pisiformis: axenic culture and associations with Spagnum, Pinus sylvestris, Allium cepa and Allium porrum. Can. J. Bot. 61:899-905.
• Berch, S.M. and J.A. Fortin. 1983. Germination of zygospores of Endogone pisiformis. Mycologia 75:328-332.
• Berch, S.M. 1983. Some systematic, taxonomic, and paleomycological aspects of the Endogonaceae (Zygomycetes). PhD thesis. Univ. Laval, Laval, Que.
• Berch, S.M. and W.B. Kendrick. 1982. Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae of southern Ontario ferns and fern-allies. Mycologia 74:769-776.
• Berch, S.M. and J.A. Fortin. 1982. Germination of zygospores of Endogone incrassata. Mycologia 74:861-864.
• Berch, S.M. 1981. Bactridium xathertum anam. sp. nov. from the West Indies. Mycotaxon 14:227-232.
• Berch, S. M. 1979. Endomycorrhizae of southern Ontario ferns. MSc thesis. Univ. Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont.

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