Vector behavior and the transmission of anther-smut infection in Silene alba

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 147-163

  Altizer, Sonia M ^a   Thrall, Peter H ^b   Antonovics, Janis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHER SMUT; DISEASE VECTOR; FLOWER VISITING; FUNGAL DISEASE; SPORE DEPOSITION;

ANDRENIDAE; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARYOPHYLLACEAE; DIPTERA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; SILENE; SILENE ALBA; SILENE LATIFOLIA SUBSP. ALBA; SYRPHIDAE; USTILAGO; USTILAGO VIOLACEA;

EID: 0031929459     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)139[0147:VBATTO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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