The influence of plant spacing on density-dependent versus frequency-dependent spore transmission of the anther smut Microbotryum violaceum

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-62

  Bucheli, Erika ^a,b   Shykoff, Jacqui A ^a,b,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Host parasite interaction; Plant pathogen; Pollinator movement; Ustilago violacea; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; SPACING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA; USTILAGO;

EID: 0032921495     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050760     Document Type: Article

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