How soil-borne pathogens may affect plant competition

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1785-1795

  Van der Putten, Wim H ^a   Peters, Bas A M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allocation; Ammophila arenaria; Apparent competition; Clonal plants; Coastal sand dunes; Festuca rubra ssp. arenaria; Fungi; Host specificity; Nematodes; Plasticity; Succession; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

AMMOPHILA ARENARIA; FESTUCA RUBRA; FUNGI; NEMATODA; FESTUCA RUBRA ARENARIA; POACEAE;

COASTAL DUNE; FUNGAL PATHOGEN; MARRAM GRASS; PLANT COMPETITION; SAND FESCUE; SOIL-BORNE PATHOGEN; SPECIES REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0030613572     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1785:HSBPMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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