Garcia-Lozano, C., Pueyo-Ros, J., Canelles, Q., Latombe, G., Adriaens, T., Bacher, S., Cardoso, A.C., Cleary, M., Coromina, L., Courchamp, F., Dawson, W., de Groot, M., Essl, F., Gallardo, B., Golivets, M., Huusela, E., Jauni, M., Jelaska, S.D., Jeschke, J.M., Katsanevakis, S., Kourantidou, M., Kühn, I., Lenzner, B., Leung, B., Marchante, E., O’Flynn, C., Pérez-Granados, C., Pergl, J., Pipek, P., Preda, C., Ribeiro, F., Roy, H., Scalera, R., von Schmalensee, M., Seebens, H., Stefánsson, R.A., Tokarska-Guzik, B., Tricarico, E., Vanderhoeven, S., Vandvik, V., Vilà, M. and Roura-Pascual, N. 2025. Management measures and trends of biological invasions in Europe: A survey-based assessment of local managers. Glob Change Biol, 31: e70028. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70028
Doonan, J.M., Budde, K.B., Kosawang, C., Lobo, A., Verbylaite, R., Brealey, J.C., Martin, M.D., Pliūra, A., Thomas, K., Konrad, H., Seegmüller, S., Liziniewicz, M., Cleary, M., Nemesio-Gorriz, M., Fussi, B., Kirisits, T., Gilbert, M.T.P., Heuertz, M.T.P., Kjær, E.D., Nielsen L.R. 2025. Multiple, single trait GWAS and supervised machine learning reveal the genetic architecture of Fraxinus excelsior tolerance to ash dieback in Europe. Plant, Cell & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.15361
Gossner, M.M.; Perret-Gentil, A.; Britt, E.; Queloz, V.; Glauser, G.; Ladd, T.; Roe, A.D.; Cleary, M.; Liziniewicz, M.; Nielsen, L.R.; Ghosh, S.K.; Bonello, P.; Eisenring, M. 2023. A glimmer of hope – ash genotypes with increased resistance to ash dieback pathogen show cross-resistance to emerald ash borer” New Phytologist (2023). https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.19068
Hulbert, J.M., Hallett, R.A., Roy H.E., Cleary, M. 2023. Citizen science can enhance strategies to detect and manage invasive forest pests and pathogens. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1113978
Peterson, D.L.; Kyle, K.; Sallé, A.; Pecori, F.; Migliorini, D.; Santini, A.; Luchi, N.; Cleary, M. Specificity and sensitivity of a rapid LAMP assay for early detection of Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) in Europe. Forests 2023, 14, 436. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14020436
Liziniewicz, M., Tolio, B., & Cleary, M. 2022. Monitoring of long-term tolerance of European ash to Hymenoscyphus fraxineus in clonal seed orchards in Sweden. Forest Pathology, 52, e12773. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12773
Elfstrand, M., Chen, J., Cleary, M., Halecker, S., Ihrmark, K:, Karlsson, M., Davydenko, K., Stenlid, J., Stadler, M., Brandström Durling, M. 2021. Comparative analyses of the Hymenoscyphus fraxineus and Hymenoscyphus albidus genomes reveals difference of transposable elements expansion between a pathogenic and a non-pathogenic fungus. BMC Genomics. 2021 Jul 4;22(1):503. doi: 10.1186/s12864-021-07837-2.
Agostinelli, M., Nguyen, D., Witzell, J., Cleary, M. 2021. Mycobiome of Fraxinus excelsior with different phenotypic susceptibility to ash dieback. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 4:580514. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.580514
Chaudhary, R., Rönneburg, T., Stein Åslund, M., Lundén, K., Brandström Durling, M., Ihrmark, K., Menkis, A., Stener, L-G., Elfstrand, M., Cleary, M., Stenlid, J. 2020. Marker-trait associations for tolerance to ash dieback in common ash. Forests 2020, 11(10), 1083; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11101083
Eshghi Sahraeil, S., Cleary, M., Stenlid, J., Brandström-Durling, M., Elfstrand, M. 2020. Transcriptional responses in developing lesions of European ash reveal genes responding to fungal infection by Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. BMC Plant Biology. 20:455 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-020-02656-1
Hultberg, T., Sandberg, J., Felton, A., Öhman, K., Witzell, J., Rönnberg, J., Cleary, M. Ash dieback risks an extinction cascade. Biological Conservation. Volume 244, April 2020, 108516 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108516
Villari, C., Dowkiw, A., Enderle, R., Ghasemkhani, M., Kirisits, T., Kjaer, E., Marčiulynienė, D., McKinney, L., Metzler, B., Rostgaard Nielsen, L., Pliūra, A., Stener, L-G., Suchockas, V., Rodriguez-Saona, L., Bonello, P., and Cleary, M. 2018. Advanced spectroscopy-based phenotyping offers solutions to the ash dieback epidemic. Nature Scientific Reports. 8, Article number: 17448 (2018) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-35770-0
Stener L-G., 2018. Genetic evaluation of damage caused by ash dieback with emphasis on selection stability over time. Forest Ecology and Management, 409: 584-592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.11.049
Marčiulynienė, D., Davydenko, K., Stenlid, J., and Cleary, M. 2017. Can pruning help maintain vitality of ash trees affected by ash dieback in urban landscapes? Urban Forestry and Urban Greening. 27: 69-75 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2017.06.017 .
Marčiulynienė, D., Davydenko, K., Stenlid, J., Shabunin, D., and Cleary, M. 2017. Fraxinus excelsior seed is not a probable introduction pathway for Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. Forest Pathology. 2017;e12392. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12392 .
Stenlid, J., Elfstrand, M., Cleary, M., Ihrmark, K., Karlsson, M., Davydenko, K., Brandström-Durling, M. 2017. Genomes of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus and Hymenoscyphus albidus encode surprisingly large cell wall degrading potential, balancing saprotrophic and necrotrophic signatures. Baltic Forestry. 23: 41-51. https://www.balticforestry.mi.lt/bf/PDF_Articles/2017-23%5B1%5D/Baltic%20Forestry%202017.1_041-051.pdf
Prospero, S., and Cleary, M. 2017. Focused Review: Effects of host variability in the spread of invasive forest diseases. Forests 8, 80; https://doi.org/10.3390/f8030080
Skovsgaard, J-P., Wilhelm, G-J., Thomsen, I.M., Metzler, B., Kirisits, T., Havrdová, L., Enderle, R., Dobrowolska, D., Cleary, M., Clark, J. 2017. Silvicultural strategies for Fraxinus excelsior in response to dieback caused by Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. Forestry 2017; 90, 455–472, https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpx012
Power, M.W.P., Hopkins, A.J.M., Chen, J., Bengtsson, S.B.K., Vasaitis, R., and Cleary, M.R. 2017. European Fraxinus species introduced into New Zealand retain many of their native endophytic fungi. Baltic Forestry. 23: 74-81.
Cleary M., Nguyen D., Marčiulynienė D., Berlin A., Vasaitis R., Stenlid J. 2016. Friend or foe? Biological and ecological traits of the European ash dieback pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus in its native environment. Nature: Scientific Reports. 6, 21895; https://doi.org/10.1038/srep21895
Nguyen D, Cleary MR, Enderle R, Stenlid J. 2016. Analyses of the ash dieback pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, suggest role of tree species diversity on colonization and population structure differentiation. Forest Pathol 46: 82-84. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12236
Madigan A, Bełka M, Taylor A, Cleary M, Nguyen D, Elfstrand M, Woodward S. 2015. Does Hymenoscyphus fraxineus infect other hardy members of the Oleaceae? Forest Pathol 45:426-429. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12207
Cleary, M.R., Andersson, P.F., Broberg, A., Elfstrand, M., Daniel, G. and J. Stenlid. 2014. Genotypes of Fraxinus excelsior with different susceptibility to the ash dieback pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus and their response to the phytotoxin viridiol – a metabolomic and microscopic study. Phytochem. 102:115-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2014.03.005
Cleary, M.R., Daniel, G., and J. Stenlid. 2013. Light and scanning electron microscopy studies of the early infection stages of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus on Fraxinus excelsior. Plant Pathol. 62:1294-1301. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12048
Cleary, M.R., Arhipova, N., Gaitnieks, T., Stenlid, J., and R. Vasaitis. 2013. Natural infection of Fraxinus excelsior seeds by Chalara fraxinea. Forest Pathol. 43:83-85.
Andersson, P.F., Bengtsson, S., Cleary, M.R., Stenlid, J., and A. Broberg. 2012. Viridin-like steroids from Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. Phytochem. 86:195-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.09.012
Stener, L. G. 2012. Clonal differences in susceptibility to the dieback of Fraxinus excelsior in southern Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 28(3), 205–216. https://doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2012.735699
Book Chapters
Cleary, M., Nguyen, D., Stener, L-G., Stenlid, J., and Skovsgaard, J-P. 2017. Ash and ash dieback in Sweden: A review of disease history, current status, pathogen and host dynamics, host tolerance and management options in forests and landscapes. In: “Dieback of European Ash (Fraxinus spp.) – Consequences and Guidelines for Sustainable Management. Eds: Vasaitis R, & Enderle R pp. 195-208.
