Soil pathogens and Prunus serotina seedling and sapling growth near conspecific trees

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 108-119

  Packer, Alissa ^a   Clay, Keith ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance dependent growth; Lake Griffy Nature Preserve, Indiana (USA); Negative feedback; Prunus serotina; Pythium; Seedling and sapling growth; Soil pathogens; Toot:shoot ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GROWTH; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SAPLING; SEEDLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPACING;

INDIANA; LAKE GRIFFY NATURE PRESERVE; UNITED STATES;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; PYTHIUM;

EID: 0041814517     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0108:SPAPSS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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