Endophyte-infected and uninfected fescue seeds suppress white-foot mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) reproduction

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 114-124

  Tannenbaum, Michael G ^a   Seematter, Sara L ^a   Zimmerman, Dana M ^a  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL ENDOPHYTE; GRANIVORY; REPRODUCTIVE SUPPRESSION; SEED; TALL FESCUE; WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; FESTUCA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; FUNGI; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; POACEAE; RODENTIA; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0031881222     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)139[0114:EIAUFS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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