The interaction between plant competition and disease

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 206-220

  Alexander, Helen M ^a   Holt, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Genetic variation; Pathogen; Plant community composition; Plant competition; Plant population dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032321380     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00059     Document Type: Article

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