Symbiotic specialization and the potential for genotypic coexistence in a plant-bacterial mutualism

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 361-367

  Wilkinson, Heather H ^a,b   Parker, Matthew A ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium; Competition; Genetic diversity; Leguminosae; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

AMPHICARPAEA BRACTEATA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACTEATA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; FABACEAE;

BACTERIA; COEXISTENCE; MUTUALISM; PLANT-BACTERIA MUTUALISM;

EID: 0029659292     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00334662     Document Type: Article

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