Interactions among Fungal Endophytes, Grasses and Herbivores

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-201

  Clay, Keith ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defense; Endophyte; Grass; Herbivory; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CLAVICEPS; CLAVICIPITACEAE; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FESTUCA; FUNGI; INSECTA; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0000704660     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02515727     Document Type: Article

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