Jason Hoeksema
Associate Professor of Biology
Phone Number: (662)915-1275
Email: hoeksema@olemiss.edu
http://olemiss.edu/depts/biology/people/faculty/hoeksema/index.php

Key Words: ecology, evolution, trees, fungi, species interactions

Research Description: Research in the Hoeksema laboratory focuses on the ecological and evolutionary consequences of interactions among species, including mutualism, parasitism, and competition. We use theory, lab and field experiments, and synthetic approaches (such as meta-analysis) to address research questions. Our empirical work focuses mostly on interactions between trees and diverse communities of symbiotic ectomycorrhizal fungi.

Honors Theses:

Hodges, Vivian Scout (2022) Discovery of Truffles (Tuber species) in North Mississippi Pecan Orchards (full text)

Dubberly, James (2021) A Baseline Documentation Report for the Delta Wind Birds Sky Lake Nature Reserve (full text)

Thomas, Michael (2021) A Baseline Documentation Report For The Delta Wind Birds Sky Lake Nature Reserve (full text)

Rewa, Valerie (2021) An experiment to test for rapid evolution in an introduced ectomycorrhizal symbiosis (full text)

Perkins, Preston T and Dubberly, J Hays and Thomas, Michael J (2021) A Baseline Documentation Report For the Delta Wind Birds Sky Lake Nature Reserve (full text)

Woodruff, Madison Brooke (2020) Ectomycorrhizal Fungi and Effects of Soil Microbes Associated with Slash Pine Encroachment into Native Longleaf Pine Habitat (full text)

Van, Meghan M (2020) Effects of Invasion by Plants and Beetles on Roots and Mycorrhizal Fungi of Plantation Scots Pines in Poland (full text)

Easterling, Richard (2019) Diurnal Variation in CO2 Efflux by Pine Seedlings and Root-Associated Mycorrhizal Fungi (full text)

Culbertson, John (2015) Sandy Symbionts: How Tree Identity Shapes Ectomycorrhizal Fungus in Sand Pine. (full text)

Steele, Sarah C. (2015) Effects of Soil Environment on Abundance, Diversity and Community Structure of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in Pinus Radiata. (full text)

Brasher, Becky Anne (2011) "Variation in Enzymatic Capabilities of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi along a Loblolly Pine Successional Gradient"

Lukienko, Eugene Olegovich (2011) "Polymerase Chain Reaction in DNA-Based Identification of Mushroom Species and Its Utility in Molecular Research"