Neotyphodium endophytes in grasses: Deterrents or promoters of herbivory by leaf-cutting ants?

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-305

  Tibbets, T M ^a   Faeth, S H ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromyrmex; Endophytic fungi; Festuca; Mutualism; Neotyphodium

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; HERBIVORY; INSECT; LEAF;

NEOTYPHODIUM;

EID: 0033058857     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050730     Document Type: Article

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