Are tropical fungal endophytes hyperdiverse?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 267-274

  Arnold, A Elizabeth ^a   Maynard, Zuleyka ^b   Gilbert, Gregory S ^b   Coley, Phyllis D ^c   Kursar, Thomas A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Fungal endophytes; Host preference; Jaccard's index; Ochnaceae; Olacaceae; Panama; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA;

HEISTERIA CONCINNA; OURATEA LUCENS;

EID: 0033879279     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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