Canopy cover and leaf age affect colonization by tropical fungal endophytes: Ecological pattern and process in Theobroma cacao (Malvaceae)

Mycologia

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 388-398

  Arnold, A Elizabeth ^a,c   Herre, Edward Allen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Ecology; Endophytic fungi; Leaf chemistry; Leaf toughness; Panama; Sporefall; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; COLONIZATION; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; LEAF; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; TROPICAL FOREST;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA;

FUNGI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0042266786     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2004.11833083     Document Type: Article

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