Fungal endophyte symbiosis and plant diversity in successional fields

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5434, 1999, Pages 1742-1744

  Clay, Keith ^a   Holah, Jenny ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FUNGUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS;

FUNGI; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0033543675     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5434.1742     Document Type: Article

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56. Supported by National Science Foundation grant DEB 9727116. We thank H. A. Alexander, M. F. Allen, J. D. Bever, V. K. Brown, S. H. Faeth, A. Fitter, D. J. Gibson, J. B. Grace, D. C. Hartnett, C. M. Lively, V. Meretsky, L. Rieseberg, B. A. Roy, C. L. Schardl, and M. Watson for comments on the manuscript.