Competition and density-dependent fitness in a plant parasitic fungus

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1774-1784

  Newton, M R ^a   Kinkel, L L ^a   Leonard, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition model and effects; Density dependence; Fitness; Plant pathogen; Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici; Wheat stem rust fungus

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; PUCCINIA; PUCCINIA GRAMINIS F. SP. TRITICI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; UREDINALES; PUCCINIA GRAMINIS TRITICI;

COMPETITION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FITNESS; FUNGI; PARASITE;

EID: 0030613583     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1774:CADDFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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