Maintenance of diversity within plant communities: Soil pathogens as agents of negative feedback

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1595-1601

  Mills, Katherine E ^a   Bever, James D ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthoxanthum; Community dynamics; Danthonia; Diversity; Feedback; Host specificity; Old field; Panicum; Pathogen; Plantago; Pythium; Soil community

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK MECHANISM; PATHOGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM; DANTHONIA SPICATA; PANICUM SPHAEROCARPON; PYTHIUM;

EID: 0031928569     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1595:MODWPC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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