Evolutionary ecology of plant diseases in natural ecosystems

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2002, Pages 13-43

  Gilbert, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Janzen Connell hypothesis; Local adaptation; Plant community dynamic; Plant diversity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS; VIROLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SEEDS; SYMBIOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0036028772     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.40.021202.110417     Document Type: Review

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