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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 (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 and . She is also an active member of the .Ìý

Publications

• 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.

Education

• PhD in Biology, Concordia University, 2002
• MSc in Biology, Concordia University, 2000
• BSc in Biology, Concordia University, 1997