@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt5hj1b7.8, ISBN = {9780813542256}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5hj1b7.8}, abstract = {In this chapter, we explore the kinds of forest fungi that have evolved, their role in forest ecosystems, and especially their interactions with the other forest organisms and the feedback loops so common to these interactions. Our primary example will be the trees, truffles, and beasts of the title of this book, but we will add other examples as reminders that forests are replete with strong, self-reinforcing feedback loops that characterize many interactions in nature and have long been thought to account for the stability of complex systems.Evolution has been the largest and longest series of experiments in Earth’s}, bookauthor = {Chris Maser and Andrew W. Claridge and James M. Trappe}, booktitle = {Trees, Truffles, and Beasts: How Forests Function}, pages = {50--74}, publisher = {Rutgers University Press}, title = {Trees, Truffles, and Beasts: Coevolution in Action}, year = {2008} }