Impact of a pollinator-transmitted disease on reproduction in healthy Silene acaulis

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1471-1480

  Marr, Deborah L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal spore deposition; Gynodioecy; Microbotryum violaceum; Pollen deposition; Pollinator transmitted disease; Silene acaulis; Ustilago violacea

Indexed keywords

ACAULIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; SILENE; SILENE ACAULIS; USTILAGO; CARYOPHYLLACEAE;

FUNGAL PATHOGEN; POLLINATOR-TRANSMITTED DISEASE; REPRODUCTION;

USA, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030613987     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1471:ioaptd]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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